Traumatic Brain Injuries Can Lead to Sleep Disorders
It’s not uncommon to have a hard time sleeping after a traumatic brain injury. If you were injured in a serious accident, that anxiety and fear alone could be enough …
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Traumatic Brain Injuries Could Lead to Disability
Whether you were in a traffic accident, suffered a bad fall, or if your injury was the result of a sporting event or military service, a traumatic brain injury can …
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Coping with a Loved One’s Brain Injury
A traumatic brain injury could change your life forever. Even if you weren’t the one injured, your life likely won’t be the same, at least not right away. It can be …
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How to Identify Childhood Concussions and Reduce the Risk
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are caused by blows to the head or body, which cause the brain to move quickly back and forth inside the skull and potentially lead to …
Read MoreTraumatic Brain Injury and the Older Adult
If you suspect someone you love has experienced a head trauma, erring on the side of caution is always the right answer. The smallest bump can turn into a major …
Read MoreNCAA Facing New Concussion Lawsuits
Fall means the start of football season. Fans wait all year for their favorite teams to take the field. This year the start of the season is also bringing something …
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Common Causes of Brain Injuries in Children
Kids bump their heads all the time. They fall down, get knocked off their bikes, and play sports. They often appear to bounce back from knocks, bruises, or small cuts. …
Read MoreDo You Know the Devastating Side Effects of Repeated Brain Injuries?
Concussions and other brain injuries are very common, especially for those who play contact sports like football, for example. Actually, approximately 60% of players in professional football have experienced a concussion over …
Read MoreWhat You Should Know About the NCAA’s Concussion Safety Protocol
Football is America’s sport and Americans love it just the way that it is. Part of the fun for the spectators is the intensity and violence. It’s a safe assumption …
Read MoreIndianapolis School Steps Up Concussion Monitoring Game
Most people today are aware of the concussion risk to athletes, especially those in contact sports such as football. It’s been estimated that each year one quarter of a million …
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Concussion Awareness: A Game Changer in Indiana Public Schools
Concussions have been receiving greater attention as both medical researchers and the general public have come to recognize the serious risk of developing permanent problems when they go untreated. Professional …
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Risks of Brain Injuries in High School Athletes Lessens
Both the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Football League (NFL) have mandatory concussion safety protocols for their athletes. While concussions and head injuries are hard to avoid …
Read MoreIndianapolis Lawyer Discusses NCAA Concussion Management Protocol
Football is undeniably America’s sport. Americans love it just the way it is–violence and all. After years of medical research, it’s safe to say that football players become concussed directly after blunt, …
Read MorePlayground Concussion Risk Growing
When it comes to concussions and traumatic brain injuries (TBI), people nowadays are far more aware of the risk of receiving one and the potential damage TBI can cause than …
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How to Identify the Signs and Symptoms of a Concussion
Concussions are very common; however, they’re often not treated like the serious injuries that they really are. Possibly because they’re relatively easy to obtain—especially when participating in contact sports such …
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Concussions: A Hidden Danger to Young Children’s Growing Minds
Concussion awareness has been growing in recent years as research has drawn stronger conclusions about the short- and long-term risks of traumatic brain injury (TBI), especially among athletes. Some of …
Read MoreNCAA Closer to Concussion Settlement
A tentative settlement between the NCAA and thousands of former college athletes might lead to improved awareness and treatment of sports-related concussions. The preliminary settlement would establish a fund to …
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A Better, Safer Football Helmet
A company is close to making a new football helmet specifically designed to reduce the risk and severity of concussions and traumatic brain injury (TBI). The ZERO1 helmet, developed by …
Read MoreNew Test For Detecting TBIs
One of the most serious injuries someone could face after a blow to the head or whiplash is a traumatic brain injury, but there is good news for Indiana residents …
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Traumatic Brain Injuries and Car Crashes
One of the most devastating injuries you can suffer due to an auto accident is a traumatic brain injury. Annually, there are an estimated 2.5 people seen in emergency rooms suffering …
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A Former Football Player’s Quest for Concussion Awareness
A young man from White County, Indiana suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) while playing high school football for the Frontier Falcons. Now, he has written a book about his …
Read MoreAre there long-term effects from even mild brain injuries?
When it comes to brain injuries, many people mistakenly think that it has to be a severe injury to warrant a call to a brain injury lawyer. But a study …
Read MoreBrain Injuries, Truck Accidents
Long-term Costs of Traumatic Brain Injury
A recent article from Bloomberg News takes an in-depth look at a truck accident that resulted in the death of one woman and serious injuries to her two teen-aged sons. …
Read MoreTeens and Brain Injury: Affects and When It’s Time to Seek a Lawyer
The prominent headlines of the National Football League and devastating effects of sports-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI), such as concussions, have people wondering what impact concussions might have on anyone. It …
Read MoreYour Brain Injury Lawyer is Your Best Advocate
A brain injury lawyer deals with situations almost as complex as that of a neurosurgeon. And, if you are one of the 1.4 million people a year in this country who …
Read MoreWhen Should You Hire a Brain Injury lawyer?
Suffering a brain injury, either due to an accident or some other traumatic event, is a serious matter. According to WebMD roughly 1.5 million people in the United States suffer …
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Athletes and Brain Injuries: A Look at Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
In recent years, there has been increasing attention on concussions and brain injuries among athletes at all levels. Currently, more than 4,000 former players are suing the National Football League …
Read MorePediatrician Calls for Increased Research into Sports-Related Concussions in Youth
A professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington has called for more research into sports-related concussions in children and teenagers. This month, Dr. Frederick P. Rivara published an editorial …
Read MoreMarch is Brain Injury Awareness Month
The month of March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. “Brain Injury Awareness Month honors the millions of people with brain injury, who with proper acute care, therapeutic rehabilitation and adequate …
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Diffuse Axonal Injuries and Their Ramifications in Injury Cases
Most attorneys are familiar with the general effects of events like whiplash on a client’s back and neck. But there may be other effects of a whiplash occurrence, such as …
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