There has been a rise in the number of younger people who are having strokes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. I’ve run across recent anecdotal evidence of it. The hiphop artist Nate Dogg, for example, just…
Singer Jimmy Buffett Cancels Concert After Sustaining A Concussion From Stage Fall
After singer Jimmy Buffett fell off a stage during a concert in Sydney, one pundit joked that “maybe he blew out a flipflop,” referring to Buffett’s hit “Margaritaville.” But the accident is no laughing matter. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2011/01/jimmy-buffett-fall-out-of-hospital-doing-well.html Buffett, 64, appeared to just…
Bronx Teen Continues Recovery From Gunshot Wound In The Brain
It’s great to read a story about a traumatic brain injury victim who makes a comeback beyond all expectations. And that is certainly the case with Vada Vasquez. The New York Post Monday printed a photo of Vasquez as she lay on…
Hypertonic Fluids Don’t Help Brain Injury Victims, Study Finds
Here’s another setback in the emergency treatment of brain injury. A study has found that hypertonic fluid, a concentrated saline solution that paramedics administer intravenously to head trauma patients, doesn’t help improve the patients’ chances of survival or their later brain…
As Part Of Policy Change On TBI, Defense Department Readies Databases On Concussions
With traumatic brain injury (TBI) turning out to be one of the plagues of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Defense Department is creating databases to track such cases. It’s a smart move. http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100420_9199.php?oref=topstory The initiative is part…
Doctors Extract Live Explosive From Soldier’s Head In Afghanistan
Sometimes the truth is just as strange as fiction. The medical drama Grey’s Anatomy had a two-part episode several years ago about surgeons having to extract an unexploded bomb from a man’s chest. U.S. military surgeons in Afghanistan recently had…