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We can’t open a New Jersey sports section anymore without reading about another sports-related concussion story. More and more, efforts are being made to improve brain injury awareness for athletes about the consequences of such concussions, and the need to come forward when such an athlete suspects that a concussion may have taken place. Unfortunately, […]

Though this is somewhat a follow up to what we’ve previously written about concussions involving athletes (and, in particular, former professional football players), this appears to be a continuous story with no happy ending in sight. It now appears that over 3,000 former players are involved brain injury and concussion-related lawsuits against the NFL. As […]

We’ve written in the past about the long term consequences of concussions suffered by professional football players. Sadly, such concussions are not only being suffered by high paid athletes. The highest instances of concussions are occurring to individuals under the age of 19, and many such concussions are related to a young person’s connection with […]

In 2006, a bicyclist while riding in a bicycle lane was struck by a driver. As the result of the accident, he suffered a severe brain injury, and for some time there was uncertainty as to whether he would ever again regain consciousness. The bicyclist did, however, make a miraculous recovery, and he eventually graduated […]

A woman continues to suffer from injuries suffered after being struck by a car on December 11, 2009. The accident occurred in Bloomfield, which is only a short distance away from Rochelle Park. The woman suffered a massive and traumatic brain injury, and she has remained hospitalized and mostly unresponsive to any type of physical […]

We hear a significant amount of talk in the news concerning medical malpractice awards. Yet what is often forgotten in such discussions is how significant injuries resulting from medical malpractice can be. Recently, a 69-year old New Jersey woman may have suffered a brain injury due to a botched surgical procedure. In what has been […]

New Jersey is reducing its budget concerning programs designed to alleviate lead abatement. It has been asserted that the program implemented from 2006 to 2010 reduced the lead exposure children faced by as much as 63 percent. Activists that are opposed to the spending cuts have asserted that lead poisoning will again be on the […]

In light of Junior Seau’s suicide, the question of brain injuries and its relation to blows in the head while playing for the NFL is a subject that will need to be revisited. A former NFL player, Harry Carson, recently visited the Jersey Shore University Medical Center in New Jersey and discussed the topic of […]

When involved in a serious accident or after suffering trauma, victims need to be transported to the nearest hospital. Usually they are taken by ambulance, but when injuries are life-threatening or when the accident occurs remotely, victims are often taken by helicopter. The care received by a patient while in transport can be critical to […]

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health is seeking testimony on ways of preventing and treating traumatic brain injury (TBI). One of the witnesses to testify is the Director of the New Jersey TBI Division of the New Jersey Department of Health. The federal government had previously passed legislation as early 1996, and several […]