Multiple Head Injuries Increase Suicide Risk In Military Personnel
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Military service personnel who suffer at least two mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are far more likely to commit suicide or have suicidal thoughts than those who have one or fewer...
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Free Conference via @UnitedSpinal & @icsnyonline to Empower Women w/ physical disabilities http://ow.ly/l8GFk #FromWithin NEW YORK, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Spinal Association, Independence Care System (ICS), and the National MS Society are co-hosting the fourth annual 'From Within' Women's Health Conference to improve the lives, health, and well-being of women living with spinal cord injuries and disorders. (Logo:...
Goal is to expand mentoring of patients and families living with paralysis across the country SHORT HILLS, N.J., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation today announced its Peer & Family Support Program (PFSP) has partnered with Philadelphia's Magee Rehabilitation Hospital's Peer Mentor Program. By teaming with Magee, which has been providing mentoring since 1995, both organizations have a common goal of expanding mentoring across the...
Spinal Network & micro-grants created by @UnitedSpinal & @BuonicontiFund - teaming up for #SCI/D peer support http://ow.ly/kzLN6 NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Spinal Association and The Buoniconti Fund today announced their plans to create a coordinated national network of peer support groups called the "Spinal Network" that will set higher standards in assisting people living with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D). (Logo:...
Observational Study by Neurological Wellness Center Physicians Confirms Significant Recoveries with Perispinal Etanercept Administered Years After the Injury. (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 Neurological Recovery Guide and Neurological Wellness Center have been facilitating recovery from TBI since 2010.This research published in the Journal BMC Neuroscience and available online finds; "The TBI induced cerebral ischemia, neurological motor deficits,and increased numbers of microglia-TNF-alpha...
While preventing concussions is not possible, knowing when a hit is too hard can save lives and no one knows this more that Laurent Robinson, who himself suffered several last year. The NFL Receiver hopes to give back and help the students at his former high school keep playing the sport he loves. Ottawa, ON (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Impakt Protective Inc., the developers of the Shockbox helmet impact sensor, is proud to announce that Laurent Robinson, a top wide receiver in professional...
ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Righttime Medical Care has announced it has recently hired Joelle Ridgeway, former Executive Director of Mary T. Maryland, as the Program Director for its HeadFirst Sports Injury and Concussion Care program. Ridgeway replaces Amy Knappen, who will continue at HeadFirst as Program Advisor, as well as in her position as Chief Creative Officer of Righttime Medical Care. Ridgeway brings to HeadFirst 8 years of experience serving adults with...
Author Andrew Penman’s inspiring story helps others suffering from brain trauma. CARDIFF, Wales (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 Life doesn’t end after traumatic brain injury. Andrew Penman tells his unique story of recovery in his new book, “Andrew Penman’s Long Unwinding Road: An Inspiring Story of Natural Self-Healing.” The book follows Penman after a March 1989 car accident left him in a coma. Upon awakening, Andrew and his loved ones realized the hard work was just beginning....
ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Headfirst Sports Injury and Concussion Care has announced they are now providing concussion care services to the Howard County community at Righttime Medical Care Center located in Columbia, Maryland at 6334 Cedar Lane. Righttime's HeadFirst Sports Injury and Concussion Care offers pre- and post-injury cognitive baseline testing, as well as follow-up care, to help students and their families, and other adults, navigate the road to...
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE MKT: CUR) today reported that Eva Feldman, MD, PhD, principal investigator, will present updated Phase I data from the trial using NSI-566 spinal cord-derived human neural stem cells in the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) at the Romanian Neurological Society Congress held in Bucharest, Romania, on May 17(th). In a talk called "Recent Therapeutic Advances in Stem Cell...
Neurological Wellness Center Responds to a Recent Report; “Brain Injury Awareness Month: New Hope for the Brain-Injured Person.”* (PRWEB) May 08, 2013 Neurological Recovery Guide and Neurological Wellness Center have been facilitating recovery from traumatic brain injury since 2010. March was Brain Injury Awareness Month. Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a serious problem in the United States according to this article in the Huffington Post. 1.7 million Americans will experience a...
