Fireworks Gone Wrong: How New Year’s Eve May Leave You With Devastating Burn Injuries
You’ve probably seen countless “Fireworks gone wrong” videos on YouTube. In fact, you may have even witnessed people suffer burn injuries because of fireworks on New Year’s Eve in real life. The bottom line is this: fireworks are NOT safe. And if you have a teenage boy, you have even more reasons to worry about
CONTINUE READINGAbout traumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury, often known as TBI, can affect all aspects of the victim’s life. It is very different from other types of injuries since one minute the person is having a great time and the next minute the moods and attitude may change abruptly. The person’s personality and mental health can be unstable and
CONTINUE READING99% of NFL Players will Suffer Brain Injuries
The NFL has been under fire for several years as more and more research surfaces the worse their reputation gets. Recently, a Boston University study found that 99% of former NFL players in a study of 100 or 111 brains were said to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy. This is a degenerative brain disease and from
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Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) can have several short and long term effects. The recovery period can be months and even years long for some patients. Some areas in the brain are affected and brain controls as well as functions can be significantly impacted by TBI. Nevertheless, everyone responds differently to injury. Whatever your situation is,
CONTINUE READINGBrain Injury From an Airline Beverage Cart
Airline companies have been in the news a lot lately due to passenger mistreatment. American Airlines has come into the spotlight this month because they failed to conduct an emergency landing after a passenger was hit in the head with a beverage cart causing brain injury. After an accident, the first thing to do after
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