Brain Injury In The News

The US Navy is developing sensors for combat helmets to measure the force of roadside explosions and gather data that might be useful in treating traumatic brain injury, a researcher said Tuesday.

SPRINGFIELD - A man was found guilty of child abuse on yesterday for allowing the brutal beating that left his stepdaughter with a severe brain injury and sparked a right-to-die debate in Massachusetts.

It’s been two years since doctors removed part of Chris Orr’s skull and put it in his abdomen. They did this so the Salina man would have a better chance of surviving a traumatic head injury suffered after his head struck a Lawrence bridge.

Nine years ago, Melissa was in a car crash that left her seriously injured and unable to work. She underwent 12 surgical procedures over the next few years. Eventually, she recovered well enough to return to work, and she started a new job in October 2007.

KALISPELL - A Kalispell man alleges city police used excessive force during his 2006 arrest, causing him a permanently disabling brain injury. Jesse Perry is suing the Kalispell Police Department in U.S. District Court in Missoula.

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The Iraq war disabled them in very different ways: one soldier instantly paralyzed by a sniper's bullet, the other brain-injured by months of head-rattling explosions.

A 17-month-old boy has made a miraculous recovery after a fall which resulted in a car key piercing his eyelid and penetrating the brain.

The Regional Medical Center at Memphis and researchers from University of Tennessee Health Science Center are teaming up to participate in a national study on brain injuries.

An Edmonton foster mother covered her mouth and broke down in tears after a jury found her guilty of manslaughter in the death of a three-year-old boy in her care.