Researchers at the Boston Unviersity Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (BU CSTE), revealed today that Dave Duerson, a former NFL player who committed suicide in February at age 50, was suffering from moderately advanced case of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated brain trauma. Duerson played safety in the [...]
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NFL Player Dave Duerson Suffered from Advanced CTE
Making a Difference in Brain Injury [1 of 14]: Introduction to Brain Injury
By the year 2020, brain injury is expected to be the number one public health problem in the world. Due to the life-saving techniques of modern medicine, there is a large and growing population of individuals with brain injury. Making a Difference is comprised of ten modules that illustrate the neuroanatomy of a brain injury [...]
Traumatic Brain Injury – US Army
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[1 of 6] “You Look Great!” : Inside a TBI
Part One: The Accident, Traumatic Brain Injury This video, You Look Great! Inside a Traumatic Brain Injury, tells the story of trying to recover from an injury that in some ways is invisible to the outside world. My hope is that fellow sufferers find comfort that they are not alone in their injury, and that [...]
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury and LearningRx Brain Training
Watch this interview with a TBI client of LearningRx Brain Training. www.learningrx.com He discusses his Traumatic Brain Injury and what LearningRx has done to help him with Short Term Memory and cognitive processing issues. Also in the video is a sample of some of the procedures used to strengthen memory & processing skills. http
[2 of 6] “You Look Great!” : Inside a TBI
Part Two: The First Month [1], Casualties of War, CAT, EEG, MRI, IED, Wabbits, Egrets, Hawks This video, You Look Great! Inside a Traumatic Brain Injury, tells the story of trying to recover from an injury that in some ways is invisible to the outside world. My hope is that fellow sufferers find comfort that [...]