Head & Brain Injuries

• CMC Inmate Death

  Christina Cole | December 20, 2006 7:38 AM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  While on the job at prison, a California Men's Colony inmate has died after an suffereing a head injury.CMC officials confirm that 62-year-old Darrell Christopherson was injured on November 16th. He died last Monday as Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center. Officials say he suffered from a head injury when falling off scaffolding while working with the maintenance crew. Christopherson was serving...

• Skull fractures and Auto Accidents

  Laura Mackie | November 21, 2006 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Over one million people are seen by medical doctors every year in the U.S., due to having received a blow to the head. 50,000 to 100,000 of those individuals will have prolonged problems that will affect their ability to function in their daily lives. Although most people would prefer not to dwell upon the subject, the legal community is well aware that it is not uncommon for fractures of the...

• "I don't remember anything about my accident."

  Ed Smith | October 18, 2006 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  You are not alone. Many many victims of motor vehicle accidents say the same thing. In fact, a medical diagnosis exists addressing this very problem: "Traumatic Amnesia". As descirbed, even a relatively "minor" car accident in which the occupant suffers only mild whiplash symptoms, can result in an 'interruption in the short/long term memory transfer mechanism." What this means is, that...

• Iraq War Vets with Brain Injuries

  Ed Smith | October 13, 2006 4:05 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  We have lost close to 3,000 American Soldiers in Iraq, there have been about 20,000 wounded soldiers and now President Bush decides to cut the budget that had been set aside for traumatic brain injury centers that would treat these soldiers by half. The president has also cut $190 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs budget for 2007, even though it is currently underfunded and the...

• What is a Cerebral Contusion?

  Ed Smith | October 13, 2006 3:19 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  A cerebral contusion is categorized as bruise or bleeding of the brain. A contusion may be caused by sudden accceleration which causes the brain to jolt.This is usually cased by a forceful blow to the head or when the head comes into forceful contact with an unmoving object. Not only can the brain at point of impact be damaged from the forceful blow, but the opposite side of the brain can also...

• Brain Contusions vs. Brain Concussions

  Ed Smith | October 13, 2006 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Head trauma can cause brain damage in many ways. What is the difference between a brain contusion and brain concussion? When people experience head injury such as from an auto accident, there are popular misconceptions when comparing contusions to concussions. Are these head injuries the same in severity or is there no verifiable difference between the two conditions? ...

• How to heal from a concussion.

  Ed Smith | October 13, 2006 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  Many of us have seen professional athletes endure concussions. Suffering the effects of concussions have cut short the careers of superstars such as Steve Young of the San Francisco 49ers and Troy Aikman of the Dallas Cowboys. In addition to competitive team sports, auto accidents and slip and falls are a leading cause of concussions and/or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). How does one help...

• Concussions - Common Injury infrequently diagnosed.

  Ed Smith | October 12, 2006 3:51 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA

  A concussion is a common, yet frequently undiagnosed and unrecognized injury sustained in automobile collisions.In fact, in the United States traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is a leading cause of death for persons under the age of 45. If you or a loved one has endured direct trauma to the head, or been involved in an incident involving indirect trauma to the head, it is critical that you be...

• Drug May Protect Brain after Head Injury

  Staff Writer | October 04, 2006 12:57 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA

  I'm an avid reader of Michael Kaplen's brain injury news and information blog. Michael is a New York attorney and the President of the Brain Injury Association of New York. Earlier this week, Michael brought my attention to the story of a study which shows that the drug Progesterone may help humans who have suffered brain trauma.Because progesterone receptors are widely distributed in the...