GOV. GRANHOLM PROCLAIMS MONTH OF MARCH 2006 AS BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 1, 2006 ;     268 words ......million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) each year, and 500,000 of those...live with disabilities resulting from brain injury, including 200,000 Michigan residents...members of loved ones who had sustained a brain injury, persons with a brain injury, and ...

Harris Poll Shows Public Awareness of Brain Injury Is Very Low Given...

PR Newswire;  October 3, 2000 ;     700+ words ...ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Brain injury occurs every 15 seconds and sends...disability as a result of a traumatic brain injury. Yet given this nationwide incidence, public awareness of brain injury--and the frequency with which it...

VETERANS AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE LEARNS OF VA-DOD BARRIERS FOR BRAIN INJURY...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 19, 2007 ;     409 words ......focusing on polytrauma rehabilitation and traumatic brain injury (TBI) provided...traumatic brain injury and post...review the VA polytrauma rehabilitation system...services at the polytrauma rehabilitation centers...such as the Brain Injury ...

GOV. PALIN PROCLAIMS MARCH AS TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 8, 2007 ;     337 words ......live with disabilities resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Every year, 80,000 individuals experience the onset of long-term disability following a brain injury. Brain injury can affect a person cognitively, physically, emotionally...

Brain Injury Expert Available for Comment on the Problems and Pitfalls of...

PR Newswire;  January 8, 2007 ;     399 words ......Noted legal authority on traumatic brain injury, MICHAEL V. KAPLEN, Esq. is available...interviews on the issues of traumatic brain injury raised in today's Wall Street Journal...Why Some Patients Get No Help After Brain Injury . Kaplen applauded the story as a scathing...

HOSPITAL RECEIVES BRAIN INJURY RESOURCE CENTER.(PEOPLE & PLACES)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  September 3, 1997 ;     226 words ......Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital will help brain injury patients and their families better understand brain injury prevention and treatment. Created by The National Head Injury Foundation, the Brain Injury Resource Center answers commonly asked...

A boost for brain injury research

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  January 3, 2004 ;     628 words ......Bergen County, NJ) 01-03-2004 A boost for brain injury research -- McGreevey signs measure...bill designed to pump millions into brain injury research in coming years. "There have been many families tragically impacted by brain injury," McGreevey said. "This is about understanding...

NEBRASKA BRAIN INJURY NETWORK OFFERS SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 10, 2008 ;     330 words ......following news release: Nebraska's Brain Injury Network is encouraging individuals...statewide conference in April. The Brain Injury Network is working to increase awareness about brain injury during March Awareness Month. Information...

Bangor forum focuses on brain injury

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  November 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ......arm, you get a cast. But if you have a brain injury, no one can see it," Jim Carpenter said...at the third annual conference of the Brain Injury Association of Maine at the Ramada Inn...all ages in Maine suffer a significant brain injury that requires professional intervention...

Brain Injury Assoc. N.Y. State: Richter's Retirement Serves as Wake-Up...

PR Newswire;  September 5, 2003 ;     322 words ......Michael V. Kaplen, President of The Brain Injury Association of N.Y. State, said that...consequences of New York Ranger Mike Richter's brain injury should be a warning to parents and school...time. An estimated 300,000 cases of brain injury occur each year as a result of sporting...

GOV. GIBBONS PROCLAIMS OCT. 18 AS BRAIN INJURY SURVIVOR DAY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 15, 2007 ;     195 words ......Americans each day suffer a traumatic brain injury; and WHEREAS, more than 5.3 million...with a disability caused by a traumatic brain injury; and WHEREAS, each year, some one million...hospital emergency rooms after experiencing brain injury; and WHEREAS, 80,000 individuals in...

GOV. EASLEY PROCLAIMS MARCH AS 'BRAIN INJURY AWARENESS MONTH'

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 23, 2007 ;     349 words ......the following proclamation: WHEREAS, brain injury is a serious, national public health...United States will sustain a traumatic brain injury, which equals more than 4,000 people...Afghanistan sustained some degree of brain injury needing care and treatment; and WHEREAS...

Brain Injury Legal Expert Available to Comment on United States Senate...

PR Newswire;  September 17, 2007 ;     558 words ......Nationally recognized traumatic brain injury legal expert, Michael V. Kaplen, Esq...available for comment and interviews on brain injury issues. Kaplen is the three-term president of the Brain Injury Association of New York State, a position...

REP. PASCRELL, FOUNDER, CO CHAIR OF CONGRESSIONAL BRAIN INJURY TASK FORCE...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ......and ultimately find a cure for traumatic brain injury. The legislation recognizes the life-altering...millions of Americans living with traumatic brain injury and calls for a National Brain Injury Awareness Month. It encourages the President...

Philadelphia Attorney Heads Up Pennsylvania's Brain Injury Association.

PR Newswire;  July 15, 2005 ;     536 words ......firm, has been named president of the Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania (BIAPA). The association is an affiliate of the Brain Injury Association USA. (Photo: http://www...very active in issues associated with brain injury. In addition to his other practice areas...