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NEWS ABOUT: brain injuries

brain injuries stories: 11 news summaries

 Troop Injuries Hit New 
 High in Afghanistan 



Taliban roadside bombs highly effective against US

Oct 31, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Injuries to US troops in Afghanistan have risen alarmingly in the last 3 months, as a Taliban offensive deploys deadlier roadside bombs aimed at American and other foreign forces. The rate of injury has surpassed that in Iraq during the heaviest fighting of the surge 2 years ago, the Washington... More »

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Afghanistan • Robert Gates • US troops • brain injuries

 Neeson 'Taking Each 
 Day as It Comes' 

Actor talks for the first time about wife's death

Aug 26, 09 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Liam Neeson and his boys are “taking each day as it comes,” he tells ABC. In his first interview since wife Natasha died in March, Neeson says his two sons, ages 13 and 12, are “getting along as best they can." The actor says he's "... More »

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Good Morning America • brain injuries • traumatic brain injury • Liam Neeson • Natasha Richardson • hematoma

 Wii Sports 
 Cause Real 
 Injuries 

Treat it like real exercise: docs

Jun 17, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nintendo Wii players may find themselves saddled with the same sprains and fractures that haunt athletes, often because they don't treat the virtual games like real sports, doctors tell the Washington Times. Sprains are the most common injury because Wii Sports don't provide the same resistance that actual tennis, bowling,... More »

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Nintendo Wii • exercise • sports injuries • brain injuries • Wii Fit • Wii

 Richardson Rejected Ski Helmet 

$10 helmet could have saved actress' life

Mar 21, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson turned down a $10 ski helmet that could have saved her life, workers at the Mont Tremblant ski resort tell the Sun. Employees say the actress was cheerful but a little nervous ahead of the ski lesson that led to her fatal fall. She told staff she wasn't... More »

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helmets • safety • brain injuries • skiing • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • Mont Tremblant

 'Walk and Die' 
 Syndrome 
 Likely Killed 
 Richardson 

Head injury from ski fall caused delayed bleeding in the brain

Mar 19, 09 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head injury Natasha Richardson sustained in a skiing accident produced what doctors call "walk and die" syndrome, a UCLA neurologist tells the Los Angeles Times. Patients in such cases at first seem fine, walking and talking normally, but they swiftly deteriorate due to delayed bleeding from an... More »

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celebrity • neurology • brain injuries • actor • traumatic brain injury • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson

OPINION

 Athletes Put Lives on the Line 


Jan 28, 09 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - When Willis McGahee was wheeled off the field during the AFC championship game, “it was impossible not to fear the worst,” writes Wendy MacLeod in the Washington Post. And when she tried to find his status online, she turned up a YouTube video entitled, “McGahee Gets... More »

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NFL • football • concussions • sports injuries • brain injuries • gladiators • head injuries • Willis McGahee

(Newser) - A sixth former NFL player has been diagnosed posthumously with a rare brain disease, lending credence to claims that concussions sustained playing football can have a cumulative, even deadly, effect, the Tampa Tribune reports. Tom McHale, who played for the Buccaneers, died from an overdose of painkillers and cocaine... More »

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NFL • football • concussions • Tampa Bay Buccaneers • brain injuries • scientific study • medical study • head injuries • Tom McHale • chronic traumatic encephalopathy

OPINION

Concussion Means It's Time to Retire, Moron

Roethlisberger risks losing far more than just a football game

Jan 8, 09 1:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger plans to start Sunday’s playoff game despite having sustained a concussion on the final day of the regular season, and he and the people aiding and abetting that foolhardy decision need a wake-up call. “Ben Roethlisberger is not brave,” Charles P. Pierce... More »

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NFL • dementia • Ben Roethlisberger • football • Pittsburgh Steelers • hockey • concussions • Boston Bruins • brain injuries • Alzheimer's Disease • Patrice Bergeron • head injuries

Troop Brain Injuries Often Overlooked

Wounded suffer blast affects that stump medical experts

Aug 26, 08 2:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - An alarming number of US veterans are returning home from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars suffering long-term effects from concussions, the New York Times reports. Half of those who have suffered concussions quickly recover, but others have symptoms—including memory loss and mood swings—that can resurface months after the... More »

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veterans • US military • concussions • PTSD • brain injuries • Iraq veterans • Afghanistan veterans

Mental Disorders Huge Issue for US Troops

300K have depression or stress from combat, and half don't seek help

Apr 17, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - 300,000 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have either post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression, and another 320,000 suffered brain injuries, the AP reports. RAND Corporation, in the first private evaluation of mental injury from the conflicts, found 18.5% of combat troops suffered from major depression... More »

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health care • PTSD • brain injuries • Iraq veterans • traumatic brain injury • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

Injury Tally Misses Brain Trauma

20K troops omitted from casualty list

Nov 23, 07 4:37 PM CST
(Newser) - More than 20,000 service members not classified as wounded in combat have signs of brain injury, according to an examination of records by USA Today. The actual number of troops with brain trauma suffered in Iraq or Afghanistan was more than five times the official tally, meaning that the... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • veterans • Pentagon • brain injuries

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