Head & Brain Injuries

• Brain Injury Conference to be Held in Salt Lake Tomorrow

  Bret Hanna | October 06, 2009 7:34 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The Brain Injury Association of Utah (BIAU) is holding its Families & Professionals Conference 2009 tomorrow at the Miller Campus of Salt Lake Community College. If interested, you can still...

• Bike Helmets Are Not Optional

  Bret Hanna | August 03, 2009 10:04 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A 14-year-old boy suffered traumatic head injuries yesterday in Lindon, when he ran into a wall while riding his bike with his sister. He was not wearing a helmet. Juan De Dios Rojas was on a family...

• Actress Natasha Richardson Dies From Brain Injury

  Chrissie Cole | March 22, 2009 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Natasha Richardson, an accomplished actress died after sustaining a fall at a ski resort. Reportedly, the actress was talkative and refused medical treatment after the fall. She returned to her...

• Cell Phones, Like Alcohol, Cause Wrongful Death

  Brad Parker | June 14, 2007 8:18 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Every year, Utah citizens suffer the tragedy of alcohol related wrongful deaths caused by drunken drivers. Though it is clearly illegal to drive under the influence of alcohol, and although the dangers of drunk driving are widely known, an alarming number of individuals still drive while intoxicated and each year lives of Utah citizens are unnecessarily cut short because of drunken driving...

• Brain Injury More Common Than Most Realize

  Brad Parker | June 04, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Each year in the United States, over 1.4 million people suffer a brain injury. This averages out to one brain injury every 23 seconds of every day of the year. 235,000 of those 1.4 million individuals are hospitalized for their injuries and 50,000 of those who suffer brain injuries each year die. Those at greatest risk for brain injury are seniors, adolescents and young adults. ...

• Brain Injury Results from Negligence

  James McConkie | June 04, 2007 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Jim McConkie spoke to a group of lawyers at the law firm Prince Yeates in Salt Lake CIty, Utah today on cerebral palsy (CP) injuries which are a result of medical negligence at the time of birth. He said that each year 20% of children diagnosed with CP developed it as a result of a brain injury at the time of birth which could have been avoided. In fact 8,000 to 10,000 babies are diagnosed...

• Utah Senator Seeks Aid for Head Trauma Victims

  Christina Cole | March 08, 2007 11:36 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A Utah Senator is trying to reauthorize a federal law that supports programs for people with traumatic brain injuries, or TBI, a condition which affects 5.3 million Americans. With 40,000 of these people that reside in Utah."Those suffering from a traumatic brain injury deserve the best care possible," said U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. "That's the goal of this bill -- to help patients get...