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• Simple Salves for Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries
  Kirsten Timmons was navigating a frozen overpass one night when a passing car skidded out of control and slammed into her vehicle. As her car came to a stop, Timmons's head probably snapped around its own axis, decelerating sharply when it struck the seat-belt holder next to her.
  
  
  
• Anne Arundel teen suffers brain injury after car plunges into ravine MARYLAND
  The thrill-seeking high school senior had tested his luck many times and never suffered more than a scratch, but a freak car accident has left the Davidsonville teen fighting for his life with a serious brain injury, his family said Monday.
  
  
  
• "Hula Hoop Lady" files lawsuit VIRGINIA
  A local woman tasered by Norfolk police has filed a $5-million lawsuit in Norfolk Circuit Court. Attorneys for Pamela Brown, better known as the "Hula Hoop Lady," say her arrest was not justified. Stephen M. Smith, attorney and founder of The Brain Injury Law Center, which specializes in traumatic brain injury cases, along with Carlton Bennett of Virginia Beach, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Pamela Brown.
  
  
  
• Podcast: Spasticity After Traumatic Brain Injury
  Host: Gerry Brooks, MA, CCC, CBIST
  
  Guest: Guest: Nathan D. Zasler, MD
  
  Time: 30:42
  
  Synopsis: Spasticity is a condition that can occur after a traumatic brain injury. It can affect the functioning of a person, sometimes keep them from performing activities of daily living as well as have a negative impact on the quality of life. What is spasticity and how is it treated? Our Guest Dr. Nathan D. Zasler and host Gerry Brooks discuss.
  
  
  
• Life after brain injury FLORIDA
  They call it the silent disability, said Laura Mills. As brain injury services coordinator for 20 counties and support group facilitator, Mills has heard poignant testimonies and witnessed brave struggles.
  
  
  
• Alternative Way To Save Brain Cells After Stroke Or Head Trauma, New Finding Suggests
  Shredded extracellular matrix (ECM) is toxic to neurons. Researchers, Chen et al., reveal a new mechanism for how ECM demolition causes brain damage.
  
  
  
• Genetic mutation causes familial susceptibility for degenerative brain disease acute necrotizing encephalopathy
  Mutation of a gene that helps proteins migrate in and out of the cell's genetic command center - the nucleus - puts some families at higher risk for the degenerative brain disease acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE).
  
  
  
• War Vets With Headaches Could Have Brain Problems
  Headache frequency and severity caused by traumatic brain injury might signal cognitive deficits, suggests a new study of Iraq war veterans.
  
  
  
• MIT Neuroscientists ID Source Of Cognitive Decline In Aging Brains - Memory Suffers When Brain-communication Network Decays
  As people age, memory and the ability to carry out tasks often decline. Scientists looking for ways to lessen that decline often have focused on the "gray matter" - the cortical regions where high-level functions such as memory are located.
  
  
  
• Find Out When the Next Brain Injury Conference Is - UPDATED WITH HUNDREDS OF NEW CONFERENCE LISTINGS FOR 2009-2010
  Visit our listings of brain injury and neurological-related conferences - broken down by month and year.
  
  View listings for conferences in the US and around the world!
  
  A valuable resource just a click-away.
  
  
  
• Sleep Apnea as a Cause of Gout Flares
  A reader explains the need to examine the sleep patterns of patients being treated for gout.
  
  
  
• Pneumococcal Vaccine Does Not Appear To Protect Against Pneumonia
  Commonly used pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines do not appear to be effective for preventing pneumonia, found a study by a team of researchers from Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
  
  
  
• Amira Announces The Successful Completion Of GLP Toxicity Studies For A Novel DP2 Antagonist
  Amira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced AM211, Amira's internally discovered oral drug candidate for the treatment and control of inflammatory and allergic diseases linked to the arachidonic acid pathway, is on target for submission of an IND to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by mid-2009 following the successful completion of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) toxicity studies.
  
  
  
• Ending Epileptic Seizures
  One in ten people will suffer from a seizure in their life and many of those will be diagnosed with epilepsy. Medication will help approximately two-thirds of the people with epilepsy, but many continue to have seizures, even though there are other alternatives.
  
  
  
• Study Yields Clues About The Evolution Of Epilepsy
  Two children have a seizure. One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is diagnosed with epilepsy. A study being led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is looking at what could possibly happen in the development of these two children that would lead to such extreme variations in their neurologic health.
  
  
  
• Stroke-survivor session planned CALIFORNIA
  Neurointensivist Dr. Wade Smith, director of the University of California, San Francisco, Neurovascular Service and the teaching hospital's neurological intensive care unit, will provide an update on acute stroke therapy for Stockton-area stroke survivors and their caregivers on Jan. 13 in French Camp.
  
  
  
• Singer Ruby Wilson hospitalized after mild stroke TENNESSEE
  Noted Memphis soul singer Ruby Wilson suffered a mild stroke on New Year's Day and is hospitalized in Jackson, Miss., her agent said today.
  
  
  
• A Specialty Rehabilitation Program for Traumatic Brain Injury
  With nearly a decade of successful outcomes Northeast Center for Special Care is recognized as a leader in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation.
  
  Visit us on the web - find out why we are the most talked about program for brain injury and take a virtual tour.
  
  
  
• Stroke network steps closer INDIANA
  After months in limbo, a regional network aimed at improving stroke care that involves competing hospitals is finally a reality - on paper. It will likely be March before the network begins serving the first participating rural hospital, an official said.
  
  
  
• Parkinson's brain surgery works in older patients, too
  Brain surgeon Kenneth Follett had never received thank-you cards from his patients after performing an operation - until he started putting electrodes in their brains. Follett, who holds positions at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Omaha, is among a select group of surgeons who over the past decade have been treating Parkinson's disease by installing two tiny electrodes in a patient’s brain.
  
  
  
• We have the technology to rebuild ourselves
  FIVE years after he lost a leg to a landmine in Afghanistan, American war veteran Mike McNaughton can run well enough to coach his 11-year-old son's soccer team. This amazing comeback comes partly from his determination to get back on two feet,