Remember those rules when we were younger and had an accident? We weren’t allowed to lay down, because we might fall asleep- and since no one really understood much about concussions, they were worried thatwe’d succumb.
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It’s in the blood?
This is the second post in a mini-series about blood. The first post is found here; the series was interrupted because of the Jewish holidays.
New tests to discern Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
We are hearing more and more about Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) nowadays, primarily as a result of the improvised explosive devices (IED) in Iraq and Afghanistan hurting our troops. But, even the intransigent NFL recognizes the problem (football helmets are not precluding brain trauma). And, last month, a batter’s broken bat knocked out Carlos Ruiz, the Phillies’ fully-helmeted catcher, who was then put on the disability list for 15 days. (He is slowly coming back to full form.)
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