With more than 2,000 former National Football League players joining in a lawsuit against the league over accusations that officials knew that the athletes were being exposed to dangerous head injuries, the NFL is currently looking into ways to reduce the number of concussions that are occurring. The league’s officials believe that their players have… Read More
New Cord Blood Cell Research Provides Hope for Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California have long taken advantage of the incredible reconstructive properties of cord blood cells in treating various diseases and immune disorders, and now they believe that they may be on the verge of a breakthrough that will allow them to use those same cells… Read More
Montana Man becomes First Person with brain Injury to Qualify for Special Driver’s License
State officials in Montana have made a breakthrough in a law that affects the ability of people suffering from brain injuries to begin or continue their assimilation into society. Fifty-seven year old Jay Barrow has long suffered from a brain injury, which has left him dealing with bouts of epilepsy and seizures; however, he has… Read More
National Institute of Health Studying Junior Seau’s Brain Tissue
On May 2, 2012, future first ballot National Football League Hall-of-Famer Junior Seauended his life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Like former NFL player Dave Duerson, who took his own life in 2011, Seau presumably avoided damaging his head and/or brain so that the tissue could be studied for the benefit of… Read More
Pop Star’s Tragic Family Accident
Over the weekend it was reported that R&B singer Usher was enjoying time with family and friends on Lake Lanier in northern Georgia last Friday, when a man on a personal watercraft struck Usher’s 11-year old stepson and a 15-year old girl, as they were riding inner-tubes in the lake. The girl suffered a broken arm… Read More
Brain Injury Patients Gaining New Independence Thanks To Massachusetts Program
Thanks to a 2008 court decision in the federal class action lawsuit of Hutchinson v. Patrick, people in Massachusetts suffering from brain injuries have since been able to leave the confinement of nursing homes to live and rehabilitate unencumbered in group homes or other living arrangements, thanks to the inception of the Acquired Brain Injury… Read More