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  1. Red Sox Fan Stabbed in Conn. by NY Fan Gets $4.3M

    Thu, 27 Jun 2013

    fight and continued to serve him alcohol. He says his 45-year-old client suffered life-altering injuries, including a brain injury . The Yankees fan was convicted of assault and is serving a 10-year prison sentence. The restaurant's attorney, Jan

  2. Miguel Billboard Victim May Have Head Injury

    Wed, 5 Jun 2013

    leap over a crowd at the Billboard Music Awards might have suffered a head injury , her attorney told ABCNews.com College student Khyati Shah "did suffer a suspected head injury ," attorney Vip Bhola said. "At this time, she is seeking further

  3. Daughter of World War II Vet Located After Medals Donated to Goodwill

    Sat, 25 May 2013

    her husband, named Jim, never met her father. When Michele McKenzie got married in 1976, she couldn't fly because of a head injury and her father was sick and also couldn't travel. "They would have liked each other," she said. Michele McKenzie said

  4. Derek Boogaard's Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against NHL

    Mon, 13 May 2013

    December that of the 85 brains donated by the families of deceased veterans and athletes with histories of repeated head trauma , its researchers found CTE in 68 of them. Four of them played for the NHL and one was an amateur hockey player

  5. Second Arizona Patient Confuses Brain Leak With Allergies

    Wed, 8 May 2013

    is seen in overweight patients who have high cranial pressure, and the sinus "pops open." Sometimes a car accident or head trauma can cause a tear. In Aragon's case, doctors didn't know why it happened. Chiu and his colleague, neurosurgeon Dr

  6. Doctors Use Surgery to Relieve Lingering Concussion Pain

    Thu, 2 May 2013

    Recovering from the brain injury took more than a year to appreciate that a head injury does not live in isolation usually blamed on the brain injury itself. Crutchfield neurosurgeon who works in the brain injury program at Boston Children's

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  1. Prince Harry Gives Diaper-Changing a Try

    Thu, 25 Apr 2013

    charity that provides support to brain injury survivors. The charity, for which tried on goggles that simulate a brain injury 's effects and met with a former Royal Marine who suffered a brain injury while serving in Afghanistan while

  2. After the Boston Bombing and Texas Explosion, Don't Ignore Minor Injuries

    Thu, 18 Apr 2013

    they fell to the ground could have suffered a mild traumatic brain injury similar to a football player who is knocked out from a tackle syndrome," said Scalea. "That can happen after a single mild brain injury ." Post-concussive syndrome can manifest itself in forgetfulness

  3. Daughter's Boston Marathon Death 'Like a Dagger in Our Hearts'

    Wed, 17 Apr 2013

    at the Neighborhood House Charter School, where he was a third-grader. Denise Richard is still in the hospital with a head injury . Martin's younger sister, Jane, also remains in the hospital after she lost her leg. Jane, a dancer, was a first-grader

  4. Kids Hit Hard by Boston Marathon Explosions

    Mon, 15 Apr 2013

    Witnesses: 'Like a War Zone' PHOTOS: Boston Marathon Explosions Among those being treated was a 2-year-old boy with a head injury who was admitted to the hospital's Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit, officials said, while a 9-year-old girl

  5. Snowboarder Chelone 'Chilly' Miller, Brother of Olympian Bode Miller, Dead at 29

    Tue, 9 Apr 2013

    investigated pending autopsy reports, foul play is not suspected. Miller had a history of seizures after suffering a major head injury in a 2005 motorcycle accident that placed him in coma for 11 days. U.S. Snowboarding said Miller's fatal seizure Sunday

  6. Judge to Decide Fate of NFL Concussion Lawsuits

    Mon, 8 Apr 2013

    gun on himself . An autopsy revealed Seau had signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease tied to repetitive head trauma bearing similarities to Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's disease as well as depression. Whether Belcher had

  7. Disabled War Vet Fights New Battle: His Wife's Deportation

    Thu, 4 Apr 2013

    in the early 2000s, then denied a green card based on a false claim of citizenship. But James, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during his second deployment to Iraq that resulted in short-term memory loss and other difficulties, disputes that claim

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  1. Man Trapped in Cave After Fall Rescued in 24 Hours

    Tue, 28 May 2013

    with walker county in they so much this you know we're becoming world machine. The victim suffered a severely broken leg. Head trauma and possible broken ribs doctor David Horton provided medical assistance down inside decayed. When we talk to the paramedics

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    know we're becoming world machine. The victim suffered a severely broken leg. Head trauma and possible broken ribs doctor David Horton provided medical assistance down inside decayed. When we talk to the paramedics about from a
  2. Obama Leads Charge on Mental Health Front

    Mon, 3 Jun 2013

    Were also more to support our troops. Our veterans were suffering from things like traumatic brain disorder her which my brain injury or PT posttraumatic stress disorder. today we lose 22 veterans. A day to suicide. Point two. We've got to do a better

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    veterans were suffering from things like traumatic brain disorder her which my brain injury or PT -- posttraumatic stress disorder. -- today we lose 22 veterans. A day to suicide. Point two. We've got to do
  3. Ex-College Football Star Found Dead in Woods

    Thu, 30 May 2013

    here's the interesting part because finnerty suffers if concussions during his football career, police and family believe brain injury could possibly have something to do with his death. I know a lot of people were wondering that because that does happen

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    finnerty suffers if concussions during his football career, police and family believe brain injury could possibly have something to do with his death. I know a lot of people were wondering that because that does happen
  4. Junior Seau Had Brain Disease Caused by Repeated Head Trauma

    Thu, 10 Jan 2013

    breaks the news that he did have a brain disease linked t head trauma , like the kind he endured in football. Reporter: An nfl Cte is not being seen in individuals without repetitive head injury in our experience, Reporter: Today's revelation about

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    high school players. Cte is not being seen in individuals without repetitive head injury in our experience, Reporter: Today's revelation about the toughest among them has some in the nfl questioning their own health. The times
  5. Can A Head Injury Increase Bipolar Risk?

    Fri, 22 Feb 2008

    bipolar disorder. That's also not clear that head trauma or head injury early on that can the bipolar disorder but He can't perhaps combined with things like complications or head injury . Those two things could possibly the the outcome

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    complications and difficulties lead to bipolar disorder. That's also not clear that head trauma or head injury early on that can -- -- the bipolar disorder but He can't. Just like you can lead to a whole host of other kinds of neurological or psychiatric disorders. However that the biggest risk factor does appear to be genetics. And so again if there is a family history of bipolar disorder perhaps combined with things like -- -- complications or head injury . Those two things could possibly -- the the outcome so that you're more likely to developed by force work.
  6. President Defends Health Law

    Sat, 11 May 2013

    what Affordable Care Act means to them. Her America told us my oldest child is point to recent college bread. A traumatic brain injury survivor. With a rare genetic lung disease without the Affordable Care Act he wouldn't. Have been removed from our family

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    us my oldest child is point to recent college bread. A traumatic brain injury survivor. With a rare genetic lung disease without the Affordable Care Act he wouldn't. Have been removed from our family health insurance
  7. Arizona Man's Runny Nose Caused by Leaking Brain Fluid

    Wed, 8 May 2013

    bicycle tire that some you have to wait and finding where it is. All right say many things caused the including a Spinal her head injury they advise people suffering from a constant runny nose. To first consult specialists are now get all like paranoid every

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    say many things -- caused the -- including a Spinal -- her head injury they advise people suffering from a constant runny nose. To first consult specialists are now -- get all like paranoid -- every
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