
The month of March is annually celebrated as America’s National Brain Injury Awareness Month. One day of this month is set aside on Capitol Hill so that the Brain Injury Association of America can present its annual “Brain Injury Awareness Day.” March 16th has been set aside for this important event in 2011. Two separate [...]
Continue reading March is Brain Injury Awareness MonthTuesday, November 23, 2010
Once a traumatic brain injury patient’s condition has been stabilized, a special nutritional plan must be created and put into immediate effect. According to New York neurosurgeon Robert Hartl, M.D. and other experts, there seems to be a direct relationship between long-term survival of TBI patients and early nutritional intervention. In fact, a six-year, New [...]
Continue reading Nutritional Needs of Traumatic Brain Injury PatientsFriday, November 5, 2010
There are many different types of traumatic brain injuries. If you’ve ever fallen and hit your head on the sidewalk or been in a serious car accident that made you hit your head on the windshield or a door frame, you may have suffered a concussion. Athletes who play football and other contact sports suffer [...]
Continue reading Traumatic Brain Injuries: The Different Types of ConcussionsWednesday, October 27, 2010
Once your doctor says, “You’ve suffered a traumatic brain injury,” you may think your life has ended. Fortunately, many people who survive the initial injury and the early treatment stages stand an excellent chance of regaining some of the functional skills they may have lost. Each injured person’s future depends upon: (1) the exact parts [...]
Continue reading Traumatic Brain Injuries: How Damaged Parts Can Affect YouMonday, August 23, 2010
Before you even can begin to recover from brain injury, the doctors should observe you and decide the best treatment strategy that you can use. Not all symptoms caused by a brain injury will be experienced by all patients. Some patients have to deal with less issues than others whereas others have to deal with [...]
Continue reading Brain Injuries Recovery StrategiesFriday, August 20, 2010
If you or a member of your family has been physically incapacitated with a brain injury through no fault of yours, you should seek compensation immediately. At the very least the person or persons responsible should help pay for your medical and rehabilitative expenses. To assess your situation and help you determine if you have [...]
Continue reading Should You File A Brain Injury Lawsuit?Wednesday, August 11, 2010
When a person suffers from a brain injury, the damage can be very extensive. As such, depression is expected because suddenly one’s lifestyle changes has changed and it suddenly becomes difficult for them to physically do the things that they normally did and this alone, is very upsetting indeed. Simply telling them to cheer up [...]
Continue reading Brian Injury Depression – Tips to Help You Deal with Depressed FeelingsTuesday, August 3, 2010
A prognosis will give you a fair indication of what to expect after a medical disaster or problem. However, you cannot expect the doctors to say with finality exactly what will happen, because often the body has a way of answering that on its own. For instance, most physicians offering brain injuries prognosis stay on [...]
Continue reading How to Handle Brain Injuries PrognosisTuesday, July 6, 2010
When one speaks of an acquired brain injury, he is referring to an injury that happens after a person in born. It is nor genetic nor a problem caused by the pregnancy. It is caused by some kind of head trauma, substance abuse, sickness, infection, or lack of oxygen. The treatment and rehabilitation of brain [...]
Continue reading What is Acquired Brain Injury Rehabilitation?Tuesday, June 1, 2010
If you or a person you now has been a victim of an accident, shooting spree, and any other incident through no fault of theirs, then you have very legal right to pursue a injury claim. Recognizing that right and accepting what has happened to you is the first step. In the case of Traumatic [...]
Continue reading How to Choose a Legitimate Brain Injury Law Firm
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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