As soon as I awoke from the coma that was a result of my severe traumatic brain injury, I knew my goal was to get back on my snowboard.
Luckily for me, my doctor had told my parents that my recovery depended on keeping my hopes and dreams alive. So, even though I’m sure they were...
On an average day, 44 Ontarians sustain a traumatic brain injury. Most of them are teenagers and young adults. In fact, it is the leading cause of death and disability for those younger than 45.
“When 24-hour care is required, a long-term care home can be the only solution, and it...
A car accident, a rough tackle, an unexpected tumble. The number of ways to bang up the brain are almost as numerous as the people who sustain these injuries. And only recently has it become clear just how damaging a seemingly minor knock can be. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is no longer just a...
Experts on repetitive brain trauma suffered by players of sports such as football, ice hockey and soccer have drawn up radical new proposals designed to limit the risk of potentially fatal brain injury in child athletes.
The proposals, presented in a white paper by the Sports Legacy...
Does anyone remember when Marty Frk first got injured back on Sept. 2?
He took an open-ice hit from Moncton Wildcats forward Allain Saulnier that snapped his head back and sent him spinning to the ice. The next day he told the Mooseheads he had a headache and felt "off."
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Thirty-six years ago, Clark Booth, a young Boston journalist, went to Miami to cover Super Bowl X. Though primarily a television newsman, Booth was on assignment for The Real Paper, an alternative weekly long since closed, for which he often wrote. His plan was to interview the players about the...
A unique laboratory at The University of Western Ontario will help researchers study timing, rhythm and movement by understanding how the brain processes music. Researchers anticipate the facility will help them improve broad understandings of music and the human brain, while offering potential...
Jan. 24, 2012 -- Serious head injuries in kids can affect development for years, and parents worry their child may never recover fully or get worse.
Now, Australian researchers who followed a small group of children for 10 years after head injuries from falls or car accidents have some...
LITTLE Finn Jordan has made a miracle recovery from a severe brain injury — by COPYING his twin brother.
Finn was diagnosed with a brain tumour the size of a golf ball when he was three months old in February 2008.
Doctors operated on the tumour — but just a week later...
Long before Hockey Night in Canada even hit the air, Saturday was another day of headaches for the NHL.
Winnipeg Jets’ Evander Kane showed up at the rink with an aching melon and was diagnosed with a concussion mere hours before Daniel Briere left the Philadelphia Flyers’...
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