Injured Cliviger soldier spared jail over raid on aunt's farmhouse 10:00pm Tuesday 30th October 2012 in News AN ex-soldier left with a brain injury after being blown up in Afghanistan was spared jail for a 'premeditated' raid on his aunt and uncle's Rossendale farmhouse, in which he took a 5,500 haul. Ashley Clark lost friends and suffered life-changing injuries as a teenager, when he and comrades were the victims of a roadside bomb in August 2010. He was flown back to hospital in Birmingham for treatment, with his future in the army in tatters. Clark may yet have to have an operation to remove a cyst from over the brain injury, Burnley Crown Court heard. The hearing was told how Clark stole cash and a 5,000 Rolex watch from the Bacup farmhouse home of Mr and Mrs Collin Collier, knowing they kept valuables in a secret drawer in the property. Clark also helped himself to 300 cash from the purse of his aunt, said to have been keeping for a headstone, and 173 in pound coins from a jar, while the family was out celebrating a birthday. Clark, a former member of the Duke of Lancaster's infantry, who had left … Continue reading →

Wife, mother and author Lee Woodruff came to McGuire Hall last Tuesday where she told of her husbands, ABC correspondent Bob Woodruff, traumatic brain injury and the struggles and triumphs that followed the dramatic event in her life. He was hit by a roadside bomb in Iraq, five weeks after he had started working a dual-anchor position, where one reporter is in the field and one is in the studio. Lee emphasized that, because he sustained this injury, Bob, being a public figure, was able to become a pulpit to tell people about [brain injuries]. Lee Woodruff explained that what happened to her husband is something that happens to soldiers each day. She said that his type of injury can often be seen as invisible, and that outsiders may not realize the trauma the soldier or bystander may have experienced. Lee often visits military hospitals to show how dedicated she is to those individuals suffering a brain injury from overseas. Lee and Bob had been married for 18 years when the explosion happened. She said, I believe there was a hand of God there that made sure the bomb didnt hit further in. She explained that everyone in the family … Continue reading →

Marion teen sentenced for sex crime Marion teen sentenced for sex crime Updated: Wednesday, October 31 2012 4:43 PM EDT2012-10-31 20:43:32 GMT A Marion teen is sentenced to a decade behind bars for a sexual crime. A Marion teen is sentenced to a decade behind bars for a sexual crime. Updated: Wednesday, October 31 2012 3:16 PM EDT2012-10-31 19:16:49 GMT By Arnold Wyrick - bio | email METROPOLIS, IL (KFVS) - There's a new player in the Heartland when it comes to attracting gamblers. The Isle of Capri opened it's doors in downtown Cape Girardeau on Tuesday, There's a new player in the Heartland when it comes to attracting gamblers. Updated: Wednesday, October 31 2012 6:40 PM EDT2012-10-31 22:40:01 GMT Little Orphan Annie got a lucky break during a Halloween traffic stop in south Louisiana. A police officer in the town of Addis stopped a driver for speeding along Louisiana Highway One. The woman Updated: Wednesday, October 31 2012 10:34 AM EDT2012-10-31 14:34:32 GMT See the original post here: Paducah police searching for missing man with reported brain injury … Continue reading →

A life can change in an instant, but that doesn't always mean the change is permanent. Saline resident Jamal Bell sustained a traumatic brain injury in a car accident 16 years ago at the age of 6 that left most of his body immobile, but now, thanks to the therapy team at Special Tree Rehabilitation System, based in Romulus, Bell has become his treatment clinic's resident artist. "As long as I've known him, that's been his gig. He must be a right brain kind of kid," said Joe Richert, Special Tree's director of community rehabilitation services. "He's always had that artistic knack and it was obviously something we included in his treatment. It was his interest, and we were able to foster it through his rehabilitation process." For Bell, the type of art doesn't' matter, as long as he can create. He said his craft helps him relax and take his mind off the physical problems he deals with. "I like working with all different mediums. I don't always use the same thing," he said. "I really like calligraphy pen because you can mess up and it can still come out as a good picture." Special Tree specializes in brain … Continue reading →

California brain injury lawyer discusses new breakthrough in treatment of traumatic brain injuries, which researchers believe, will help patients recover. According to an Oct. 17 report in the journal ACS Nano, scientists have found this new advancement in their research to be promising. Newport Beach, CA (PRWEB) October 28, 2012 A traumatic brain injury can occur in individuals who suffer a violent blow to the head that causes the brain to collide with the inside of the skull, the report states. The traumatic event may be a car accident, a gunshot wound, an explosion or a football head injury, the article states. Scientists explain the that a brain injury disrupts oxygen-rich blood to the brain. The report states that the brain makes up only 2 percent of a person's weight, but claims about 20 percent of the body's oxygen supply. This is why even a head injury that is considered "mild" such as a concussion can have serious consequences. The ACS Nano article states that the researchers have developed successful lab tests of nanoparticles, which act like antioxidants and quickly restore blood flow to the brain following resuscitation after a brain injury. This research can be of particular significance to … Continue reading →

ScienceDaily (Oct. 31, 2012) A new ground-breaking study about to be published in the Adis journal CNS Drugs provides clinical evidence that, for the first time, chronic neurological dysfunction from stroke or traumatic brain injury can rapidly improve following a single dose of a drug that targets brain inflammation, even years after the stroke or traumatic event. The observational study of 629 patients, conducted over the course of nearly two years, documents a diverse range of positive effects, including statistically significant rapid clinical improvement in motor impairment, spasticity, cognition, etc. in the stroke group, with a similar pattern of improvement seen in the traumatic brain injury (TBI) group. The study involved 617 patients treated an average of 42 months after stroke and 12 patients treated an average of 115 months after TBI, long after further spontaneous meaningful recovery would be expected. The study was conducted at the Institute of Neurological Recovery (INR) in the USA. The drug utilized was etanercept, a therapeutic that selectively binds and neutralizes an inflammatory immune molecule that may remain elevated for years following stroke. Etanercept was administered utilizing a novel delivery method, invented by Edward Tobinick M.D., lead author of the study. "These results represent … Continue reading →