brain injury recovery

• Hairdresser, Client Help Young Artist with Brain Injury: Therapy to Aid in Recovery

Casual chitchat between customer and hairdresser turned into a project to help a young Shepherdstown man who is recovering from a traumatic brain injury. Stephanie Reese, who owns Salon Indigo on Washington Street East, said she has always believed in supporting the arts, particularly when she opened her salon in the heart of the East End artistic community.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• August 05, 2011

• 4th Annual Trauma Spectrum Conference: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Clinical Practice of Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury: Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Recovery for the Iraq and Afghanistan Cohort

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 72957, November 28, 2011
• Notices
• National Institutes of Health

• Toddler with Brain Injury Makes Steps Toward Recovery

Caelum Miller loves his books. Just the thought of one of his favorite stories makes him smile.

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• April 29, 2008

• Author to Discuss Book About Brain Injury ; Kitty Chadbourne Used a Journal She Wrote to Aid Her Recovery in Writing 'Parenting Myself.'

At age 60, mother and educator Earlene "Kitty" Ahlquist Chadbourne has much to say about embracing the gift of relearning life's lessons. The former York County resident recently published the book "Parenting Myself: Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury." It details her journey back to daily life following a devastating bicycle accident in 1990 that left her with a traumatic brain injury. Chadbourne will read excerpts from the work and share the particulars of her experiences Monday at the Springvale Public Library.

• Portland Press Herald
• January 06, 2010

• Traumatic Brain Injury Victim Uses Route 66 to Tell the Story of His Recovery in New Autobiography 'End of the Trail'.

Route 66 Enthusiast Dan Rice Publishes a Book on His Eight-Year Recovery from TBI LOS ANGELES -- In a new autobiography published by independent pre...

• Business Wire
• August 17, 2010

• Man's Recovery Raises Brain Injury Questions

NEW YORK -- Nearly 10 years after a brain injury left a firefighter virtually mute, he suddenly started talking to his wife and sons last weekend. A couple of years ago, it happened with a severely injured car accident victim who'd spent 19 years in silence. And before that, a paralyzed policeman whose brain had been damaged in a shooting suddenly regained his speech after eight years.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• May 04, 2005

• Gray Matters

More than half of all work fatalities result from transportation accidents and falls, many of which involve head trauma. The number of nonfatal brain work injuries cannot be reliably estimated, however, because brain injuries are often poorly documented or mild enough to be shrugged off by the injured person. Many case managers praise the workers compensation insurer community for their efforts in brain injury treatment. Practices vary among insurers and between insurers and third party administrators that work with self-insured employers. The best insurers aggressively search out expert treatment of brain injury but may pay more in medical costs in the first year. For the brain-injured worker, employer involvement is important -- the ability to relearn skills at work will greatly influ...

... with proper medical care and ambit» recovery targets, cases that were once considered lost caus...

• Risk Management; New York
• Vol. 57 Nbr. 2, March 2010

• Firefighter Makes Strides After Fire-Pole Fall ; Positive Attitude Speeds Recovery From Brain Injury

Two months ago, firefighter Ben Mabrey was rushed from the Tri- Lakes' Black Forest fire station in an ambulance, his chance of survival uncertain. Last week, he returned to the station bearing a homemade spice cake -- a gift for the firefighters who saved his life.

• Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo.
• May 20, 2005

• Making Strides; / the Road Back From Head Injury; ; One Patient's Spirited Recovery Reflects Huge Advances in Treating Head Injuries; Brain Power

First of two parts It was just a summer job, a way to make money before his senior year as a finance major at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• July 18, 2007

• Giffords Speaks for First Time: ; One Month After Ariz. Shooting, Congresswoman Regains Ability to Speak

PHOENIX - Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords spoke for the first time since she was shot in the forehead, her spokesman said Wednesday, yet another significant milestone in her recovery from a traumatic brain injury. Giffords first spoke within the past few days and is speaking "more and more," spokesman C.J. Karamargin said Wednesday. He didn't know what her first words were, but said at breakfast one morning she asked for toast.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• February 10, 2011