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NEWS ABOUT: traumatic brain injury

traumatic brain injury stories: 15 news summaries

 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

OPINION

 Woodruff: I'm Going Back to Iraq 


Jul 13, 09 12:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Woodruff returned to Iraq today, 3 years after he and his cameraman were seriously injured in a bombing there, he blogs for ABC. Still rehabbing from a serious brain injury, he says returning was a tough decision. “None of us could ever have imagined then that I would... More »

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Iraq • journalism • injury • Bob Woodruff • ABC News • traumatic brain injury

Catholic Teacher Held in 'Murder Attempt' on Student

British science teacher allegedly struck 14-year-old with a weight

Jul 10, 09 1:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A teacher in a Catholic school in England has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a student he allegedly attacked suffered serious head injuries, reports the Guardian. The teacher assaulted the 14-year-old boy with a weight block used in a science lab as class was about to... More »

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England • children • attack • assault • traumatic brain injury • teacher • students • attempted murder • head injury • Nottinghamshire • Catholic school

Quebec Docs Push to Make Ski Helmets Mandatory

Minister may act after Richardson death

Mar 19, 09 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Doctors in Quebec are pressing their case to the province's sports minister to make helmets mandatory for skiers, the Montreal Gazette reports. They met with the minister yesterday, the same day Natasha Richardson died after falling on a beginners' course there. She had no helmet. Minister Michelle Courchesne will next... More »

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helmets • safety • Quebec • skiing • actor • traumatic brain injury • Natasha Richardson

 '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

 Richardson Off Life Support 


Mar 18, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson's family has taken the actress off life support, the New York Post reports. Family members including husband Liam Neeson, her two children, and her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, were standing vigil by her hospital bedside. Richardson, 45, suffered a critical brain injury in a ski accident two days ago.... More »

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life support • actor • traumatic brain injury • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • actress • Natasha Richardson

Could Helmet Have Saved Richardson?

Celeb's ski accident renews debate on safety gear

Mar 18, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson’s crippling accident while taking beginner's lessons has renewed the ski-helmet debate, the New York Times reports. Safety gear is more popular today—43% of Americans donned helmets last ski season, up from 25% 5 years prior—but still not required. Critics point out that fatalities haven’t... More »

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helmets • actor • traumatic brain injury • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson

 Richardson 
 Injured in 
 Ski Accident 

Actress in critical condition

Mar 17, 09 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson is in critical condition following a ski accident in Canada, reports Irish Central. The actress and wife of Liam Neeson suffered a traumatic brain injury and was admitted to a Montreal hospital. “Neeson left the Toronto set immediately to fly to Montreal upon news of his wife’... More »

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celebrity • Montreal • actor • traumatic brain injury • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • Vanessa Redgrave

 360K US Troops 
 Suffer Brain Injuries 

As many as 20% of war vets have had concussions or worse

Mar 4, 09 5:53 PM CST
(AP) - The number of US troops who have suffered wartime brain injuries may be as high as 360,000, say Defense Department doctors. They estimate that between 10% and 20% of the roughly 1.8 million Americans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan had such injuries—the vast majority of... More »

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soldier • concussions • Bill Maher • Iraq veterans • Afghanistan veterans • traumatic brain injury • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Bill Maher Grid

Vets' Families Seek Pay as Caregivers

Say disability money doesn't cover needs
for injured troops

Nov 12, 08 9:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Wounded soldiers receive disability pensions based on the extent of their injuries, but for many families that money doesn't come close to covering the costs of caregiving. After Matt Keil returned home a quadriplegic, his wife, Tracy, quit her job to care for him, losing a $58,000 per-year income... More »

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health care • veterans' benefits • veterans' health care • Iraq veterans • Afghanistan veterans • traumatic brain injury • caregivers

Athletes to Donate Brains
for Concussion Study

New research center studies the effects of concussions

Sep 24, 08 2:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A dozen athletes have agreed to donate their brains to a new research project that will study them for the long-term effects of concussions, the New York Times reports. The Boston University center has already  examined the brains of six deceased NFL players, finding brain damage in five cases. Former... More »

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NFL • New England Patriots • brain damage • US women's soccer • traumatic brain injury • scientific research • Boston University

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

Pentagon Delayed Brain Scans for Returning Troops

Brass feared troops would blame health woes on TBI

Mar 18, 08 6:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seeking to duck controversy, the Pentagon did not screen returning US troops for brain injuries for more than 2 years. Top brass feared that soldiers would blame minor health woes on brain trauma—which could spark another Gulf War Syndrome, Air Force Col. Kenneth Cox told USA Today. But one... More »

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Pentagon • health • health screenings • Robert Gates • US military • US troops • Gulf War • traumatic brain injury • Gulf War Syndrome • Kenneth Cox • brain scans

Woodruff Fights for Words

Wounded ABC newsman describes continuing struggle

Feb 25, 08 10:40 AM CST
(Newser) - When ABC's Bob Woodruff reported recently from North Korea, he appeared fully recovered from horrific head injuries he suffered in Iraq. In fact, he has a lingering disorder that could have ended his career as a journalist. He discusses working with expressive aphasia, a struggle to remember words, with Christine... More »

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Iraq • roadside bomb • stroke • Bob Woodruff • ABC News • expressive aphasia • receptive aphasia • traumatic brain injury • TBI • National Aphasia Association • Lee Woodruff

Brits to Study 'Invisible'
Brain Injuries

Shock waves from IED blasts affect 20% of US troops in Iraq

Oct 27, 07 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - The "invisible" brain injuries that are plaguing as many as 20% of US troops coming home from Iraq are now getting attention in Britain, where the Defence Ministry is launching a major study of returning British troops. The injuries, called "mild traumatic brain injury" (mTBI), are the result... More »

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Iraq • brain damage • Ministry of Defence • Britain • traumatic brain injury

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