Posts tagged head

• Soccer Moms and Dads beware: Heading soccer balls could lead to brain injury

  Paul Napoli | December 01, 2011 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  A new study shows that amateur soccer players who frequently “head” a soccer ball are at risk for brain damage. Heading is a technique in which a soccer player intentionally uses...

• CDC Reports 62% Increase in ER Visits for Children’s Athletic Related Traumatic Brain Injuries

  Paul Napoli | October 12, 2011 2:02 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  October 11, 2011 A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that emergency room visits of persons under age nineteen for traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) from...

• Study - Severe Headaches Linked to WTC Dust

  Chrissie Cole | February 11, 2010 5:59 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Newly released research, by the NYU School of Medicine, suggests residents and workers exposed to dust and fumes during the collapse of the World Trade Center site on 9/11, suffer from...

• Disney Stunt Performer Suffers Head Injury, Dies

  Chrissie Cole | August 18, 2009 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  A Disney performer died on Monday night, from a head injury sustained during a stunt rehearsal. “The performer, Anislay Varbanoy, 30, was injured while performing a tumbling roll for the...

• The High Price To Pay For Concussions

  Paul Napoli | October 20, 2008 3:50 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Any athlete knows that part of playing a sport is getting injured. From a young age, children are taught by coaches to play through their injury unless it is unbearable. The problem with this...

• Student Dies of Head Injury; Report Recommends Firing School Officials

  Chrissie Cole | August 30, 2008 2:55 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A school accident report recommends firing an administrator and teacher for their lack of response to an incident that claimed the life of a student. Eric Law, 17, died from a head injury he...

• Couple Sues Whataburger for Slip-And-Fall Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 14, 2008 12:01 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  A man, arriving early for a meeting at Whataburger, notified the cashier that the floor was slippery. During the meeting, he went to refill his drink when he slipped and fell, striking his head on...

• Skull Thickness and Head Injury

  Shannon Weidemann | January 22, 2008 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  A new study has shown that men have thinner skulls than women and it may make them more prone to head injury. Researchers at Ford Motor Company and Tianjin University of Science and Technology studied 3,000 people for skull thickness and shape. They found that skull thickness was on average 6.5 millimeters in men and 7.1 millimeters in women. Skull thickness, as one might expect, improves the...

• Woman makes great strides after injury

  Jeremy Thurman | February 03, 2006 5:33 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Kerry McCann, a student at Essex County College, was awarded $1000 scholarship by the New Jersey Coalition on Women and Disabilities. Ms. McCann suffered a traumatic brain injury 13 years ago inflicted by her ex-boyfriend which left her permanently disabled. After years of rehabilitation, she began taking classes at Essex County College beginning in 2002. Ms. McCann is now president of the honor...

• ABC Health - Brain Injury Q&A

  Staff Writer | February 01, 2006 8:31 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Yesterday, ABC News' Health section posted a question and answer session with several experts in the field of brain trauma. The article offers some great insight into traumatic brain injury and includes answers to questions such as "Do brain cells ever grow back?" and "How durable is the brain? How much trauma can it take?"Read the full brain trauma article.