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Traumatic Brain Injury:

• Know the Signs of TIA and Call 911 Immediately | Transient Ischemic Attack   
  Description: Florida Brain Injury Lawyer Jim Dodson lists the signs of a warning stroke, know as TIA, transient ischemic attack. Strokes can cause permanent brain injury. One third of people who experience TIA have a stroke within a year. Know the signs and seek medical attention immediately.
• Medical Breakthroughs Bring Hope to Traumatic Brain Injured   
  Description: Florida Brain Injury attorney Jim Dodson provides an informative library article concerning medical breakthroughs that are bringing hope to traumatic brain injuried people. Each year, 1.4 million people in our country sustain brain injuries, and 9% will end up with lifelong impairments. Causes of TBI include car accidents, playground accidents, falls by the elderly, and domestic violence. While each injury and recovery is as varied as the patient affected, scientists now know that the healing process in the brain can go on much longer than originally believed. Innovations in cognitive rehabilitation have played a key role in improving outcomes of those effected by traumatic brain injury.
• Brain Injury | A Study to Evaluate Progesterone in Patients With Moderate to Severe Head Trauma   
  Description: Florida Brain Injury lawyer Jim Dodson offers an article concerning a study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, evaluating the use of the hormone, progesterone, in warding off brain damage from head trauma and stroke. The study will look at whether the hormone,injected into patients within hours after severe accidents, can lower deaths and reduce paralysis and cognitive damage.
• Death of Actress From Brain Trauma   
  Description: A New York Times article reports the death of actress Natasha Richardson from a fall on a ski slope has publicized something millions of Americans already know- hardly anyone outside of the emergency room knows how to respond to brain trauma.
• Resources on Traumatic Brain Injury published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [PDF]   
  Description: CDC offers a list of Collaborating Organizations and Traumatic Brain Injury References.
• Brain Injury Association of America [PDF]   
  Description: Challenges, Changes and Choices: A Brain Injury Guide for Families and Caregivers
• Tracy's Story [PDF]   
  Description: Tracy, a starter for her high school basketball team, suffered a concussion during a game and urges those who do to report it and take time to recover.
• Brain Imaging: Understanding the Basics [PDF]   
  Description: Brain imaging allows scientists and doctors to view and monitor the areas of the brain. Brain images can be produced using structural imaging techniques, commonly MRI, CAT, PET and fMRI.

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