Brain Injury In The News

Family in crisis after patriarch's injury Wedding etiquette for an ex-girlfriend Dear Amy: My husband was in a work-related accident, resulting in severe brain damage. The doctors say he will never be the same. Before the accident, my children talked to us about everything; we were a very close family.

VIRGINIA BEACH Spc. Edward Bennett helped detect and detonate roadside bombs in Iraq for almost a year before he realized something was wrong. Dizzy spells. Memory lapses. Slight coordination problems. A brain scan revealed that Bennett suffered from traumatic brain injury, one of the signature combat wounds of the Iraq war.

A 17-year-old brain-damaged Nepalese schoolboy accorded a whooping $3.6 million - Brunei's highest road traffic accident award - may keep the money after all.

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.

Military health officials are preparing for a possible surge in psychological problems as some 15,000 troops return home after a year at war.

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.

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.

Still in pain long after a hand or foot injury has healed? It may be that your brain has been re-wired, according to a new study.

Bath's defence has been put on red alert for their Guinness Premiership trip to Harlequins tomorrow. Bath, bolstered by the return of England full-back Nick Abendanon from a toe injury, hope to finish the weekend where they started it, at the top of the table.

For some good-hearted groups seeking to house the disabled, there is a silver lining to the cloud over the residential market.