Hi, I recently had a car accident and now have yet another concussion. Usually it happens with a slip and fall on ice. 2006 had one of the worse head bang, for...
 If there is any thing good about a brain injury it is. The younger the age at accident the better the recovery. It sounds like he is young as are you.  ...
About two million head injuries of all types (including skull and facial fractures) occur each year in the U. S. (175 to 200 per 100,000 population).1 Over 1.5...
Hello, my name is Vonda. My husband had a brain tumor removed in May. As a result of this, he suffered what has been classified as a "severe" brain injury....
Alzheimer's disease (AD), one form of dementia, is a progressive, degenerative brain disease. It affects memory, thinking, and behavior. Memory impairment is a...
More than half of the people who are homeless in Toronto are suffering from a traumatic brain injury, according to a new study that suggests early diagnosis...
Facts The adult human brain weighs about 3 pounds (1,300-1,400 g). The adult human brain is about 2% of the total body weight. The elephant brain weighs about...
Twins -- when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have them, it's fascinating. When they appear to Jack Nicholson in the corridors of the Overlook Hotel in the film...
This section might just "blow your mind," to use a common expression. But do you even have a mind? Scientists don't know where the brain ends and the mind...
In the 2004 film "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," the characters played by Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet undergo a process to erase all memories of their...
"Sweet dreams are made of this," sang Annie Lennox during her stint in the Eurythmics in the 1980s. But you might notice that Lennox is suitably vague about...
When a killer is on the loose in novels or on the silver screen, there's a special urgency for the detective on the case. It's a race against time to capture...
Hi, my name is Jeannette. My niece was a victim of a TBI due to Shaken Baby's Syndrome at the hands of her father at 4 wks old. Doctors say that she should not...
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OCCUPATIONAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES I am going to writing about OCCUPATIONAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES but I need help. If you are a survivor of an...
Response to someone whose doctor said everyone got over it within a year. Virtually nobody I have ever spoken with "got over it" (the tbi) within a year. That...
Educators regard people with brain injuries in their programs as students whom they educate. Educators operating educational think tanks (and there are quite a...
Thank you, .......... I appreciate your high-five. Yes, twenty years ago I couldn't have been doing this. I understand the difficulty for people. That is why...
The question was asked elsewhere. Here is my response. Dear ....., Yes, I do. I had my tbi in 1985 (car accident). And it wasn't a "little cut on my finger",...
Hello everyone. My name is Melinda. My husband and I are raising our 12 year old grandson, Tyler, who has TBI due to shaken baby syndrome. His abuser was...
This is a response to a question by someone on the feasible forum about vision therapy. sabisue Sometimes after the brain injury the person is having trouble...
Hi I'm Jen! My husband Kurt suffered a MILD (HAH!) TBI in 2000. It was a slip and fall that resulted in a myriad of internal injuries...the internal injuries...
Business Wire (press release), CA -Utilizing alternative medicine seems to be the growing trend amongst women surveyed. Quickstep Signs British Development...
This morning (April 23, 2007) on the Today show the nutritionist, Joy, said that the following foods were good for the brain and could "boost your memory". ...
It's a good thing to know. It's the difference between driving around a town you don't know so well and driving around the town with a road map. It's the...
hi guys and gals... Since no one is talking about anything relating to surviving and coping and support- I only get spam messages- so now I'm bringing up a...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the Traumatic_Brain_Injury group: The most common cause of TBI is motor vehicle accidents, accounting...
Hey everyone. I got this message on one of my other lists I am subscribed to and thought I'd forward it to all of you because I got my CDs in the other day and...
Okay... This isn't a problem or a setback. It is progress!!! Hooray. Thought I'd share it with you all. Usually my thinking is completely linear. I plan to do...
