Brain Injuries

The NFL has already set up a fund to pay players and the families of players who are suffering from certain injuries as a result of playing football. Specifically, they can get the money—the payout is for $4 million—in some cases in which chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is shown. This is a brain disorder that can lead to things like depression and memory loss.

As the technology to measure the impact of brain injuries has become more sophisticated in recent decades, the medical and scientific communities have discovered that the ailment is more dangerous and widespread than previously thought. In fact, the statistics might alarm you: Traumatic Brain Injuries are the number one cause of disability and death in children and adults aged one to 44. Around 52,000 people die each year from traumatic brain injuries. More than 5.3

Many people are aware that when troops come back from being deployed that the men and women returning to their communities sometimes experience difficulties caused by the experiences of war. For example, post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental disorder that can cause significant problems. Research has suggested, however, that not all post-war afflictions revolve around mental health and could actually be physical in nature.

Florida residents may be interested to know that a new study indicates serious head injuries have the potential to prematurely age the brain. The research was published in the April edition of the Annals of Neurology. The authors of the study looked at brain scans from 99 people who had received traumatic brain injuries from assaults, falls or traffic accidents and subsequently experienced long-term neurological issues. The scans were taken anywhere from one month to

Many people are unaware of how easily some brain injuries can occur. Most of us associate brain injuries with head trauma similar to what professional boxers and football players experience. However, it’s important to remember that the brain is a very soft organ. In fact, it is often described as having a consistency similar to Jell-O. Knowing that, it becomes easier to understand how easily your brain can suffer damage.

A woman in Miami was accused of running into a tourist with her car, and she has now paid her bond and has been released from jail. She was in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, but her payment of $12,500 allowed her to be released until trial. The accident in question was a hit and run, and it left the tourist—who was visiting the United States from Canada—in critical condition.

On Jan. 11, an unfortunate series of events resulted in an 18-year-old girl fighting for her life after a freak car accident. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the victim was in the passenger seat of a vehicle that had stopped along a stretch of the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway in the Tampa Bay, Florida, area.