As we near the end of Brain Injury Awareness Week in Australia, I’d like to turn things around by talking about brain injuries not as the end, but as the beginning. In 1994, Milly Parker was a 21-year old accounting student. She had a busy social life, and knew where she wanted to go in […]
Army Seeks to Understand Brain Injuries
In an effort to reduce traumatic brain injury (TBI) experienced by soldiers in the field, the US army awarded a near-million-dollar research contract to Lebanon, NH-based Simbex, LLC, to develop a sensor-lined helmet that measures the force of blasts from IEDs, shrapnel, or enemy fire. Because TBI is so common in the ongoing fighting in […]
Father Accidentally Kills Own Toddler with Car
An 18-month-old girl was killed recently when her own father backed over her in front of the family’s home. The child wandered out of her home in Ohio and walked behind her father’s Chevrolet Suburban as he was backing out of the driveway to go to church. The car struck his daughter, pulling her beneath […]
Father Finds Son at Accident Scene After Police Overlook Him
The parents of two high school seniors who died in a car crash allege their sons were left along the side of the road for several hours after police overlooked them while investigating the accident. Brandon Smith and Dominique Green, both 18, were killed in the single-vehicle accident this weekend in Gary, Indiana, and two […]
Lawmakers in Florida Drop the Ball when It Comes to Protecting Drivers
For four decades, Florida drivers have experienced the benefit of the state’s no-fault auto insurance system, but on October 1, they are likely to see a new system come into place. Not because lawmakers decided to pass a new law, but because they failed to vote on it, despite calls from at least seventy percent […]
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