Want to totally eliminate motor vehicle fatalities in North Carolina? Dr. Herb Garrison, head of the East Carolina Injury Prevention Program, knows how…and he has outlined his methods in the latest issue of the North Carolina Medical Journal. The article, written with coauthor Jennifer Smith, is titled: Is Fatality-Free Travel on North Carolina’s Streets and […]
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A recent article in The Globe and Mail (a newspaper out of Toronto, Canada) reports on new research that suggest that: Women are more likely than men to suffer a sports-related concussion; Women have more severe symptoms in the days immediately following the concussion; Women may experience symptoms for a longer period of time than
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With Brain Injury Awareness month coming to a close, there is one final bit of good news: Pro hockey may finally recognize that game violence puts players at risk for concussion, and–here’s the exciting part–there are talks about how to curb head injuries. Perhaps they could take a lesson from the National Football League (NFL)
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When 87-year-old Modesta Alvarado suffered a stroke last year, she was left paralyzed, but aware. Her daughter, Gloria Diaz, made the difficult decision to place Ms. Alvarado in a nursing home. She visited everyday and became friendly with the nurses and caregivers. And yet, something was wrong…. Diaz kept finding unexplained bruises on her mother.
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As of January 1, 2008, all operators and passengers on motorcycles and mopeds in North Carolina have been required to wear a safety helmet. This helmet law had a single overriding purpose: To protect motorcyclists from severe injury or death in the event of a wreck. Now, legislators are looking to reverse our successful helmet
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The HensonFuerst Bicycle Safety PSA Contest is back—and better than ever! The members of the law firm are again challenging North Carolina students to use their imaginations and create videos about the importance of bicycle safety. And for the first time, a second age category is being added to the contest. In addition to the
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Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new recommendations about the best ways to keep children safe in vehicles. The kids may not like the changes, but the goal is fewer injuries in the event of a crash. The policy statement was published in an online article of the medical journal Pediatrics. For maximum safety,
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ALS is a thief. It robs its victims of the ability to move arms and legs, to eat without choking, to breathe. Eventually, this insidious disease robs them of life, and steals the future from their families. ALS has robbed me of friends. These losses motivated me to become a board member of the Catfish
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For the first few weeks after a traumatic brain injury (TBI), everyone’s energy and attention is focused on recovery. But once the physical aspects of the injury have stabilized, the next step is to turn attention to the immediate and long-term financial aspects of TBI. A major part of that is to talk with an
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Sell the treadmill…turn the stationary bike into a drying rack for laundry: Scientific research shows that a dog may be the best piece of exercise equipment you can have. According to an article in The New York Times, recent research puts numbers on the canine effect. In one study published in the Journal of Physical
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