Head & Brain Injuries

• Do NFL Players Suffer Long-Term Effects of Brain Injury?

  Staff Writer | January 31, 2006 5:09 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The NFL, head injury and depression again collided, with the news that former Steelers lineman, Terry Long, had committed suicide by drinking antifreeze. Initially, Medical Examiner, Dr. Simon Wecht listed the death as accidental. Thereafter, he amended his report to reflect that the death was by suicide. Dr. Bennett Omalu, a neuropathologist at the medical examiners office, further stated that...

• Fake Bad Scale: Weapon of Defense Neuropsychologists

  Michael Phelan | March 05, 2008 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The Fake Bad Scale (FBS) is a bogus test created by Paul Lees-Haley to wrongly label personal injury claimants as "fakers." The FBS is junk science and should not be allowed in a court of law. Indeed, it violates the province of the jury by attempting to divine the credibility of witnesses. No test can act as a lie detector, which is how forensic defense neuropsychologists are trying to use...

• New Guidelines Help ER Docs Access Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

  Michael Phelan | July 10, 2009 5:30 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have revised the clinical guidelines related to mild traumatic brain...

• Serious Brain Damage May Not Show Up On MRI

  Michael Phelan | September 27, 2008 6:36 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Boston University Medical School's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy has been studying the brains of former NFL players who donated their brains for medical research. The Center has...

• Bob Woodruff Family Fund for Traumatic Brain Injury

  Michael Phelan | February 24, 2007 4:00 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  In 2006, ABC News Anchor Bob Woodruff was an embedded journalist in Iraq. Mr. Woodruff sustained a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) when an improvised explosive device blew up the military vehicle in which he was riding. Some good for other TBI victims is going to come from Mr. Woodruff's tragedy. The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA), Mr. Woodruff, and his family have teamed up...

• Experience Counts When Representing Victims of Brain Damage

  Michael Phelan | September 24, 2009 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1.4 million people suffer traumatic brain injuries (TBI). This number is a conservative estimate as brain injuries often go...

• An Open Letter to the American Association for Justice: Reactivate the Trial Lawyers Care Volunteer Project to Help Brain-Injured Iraq War Soldiers

  Michael Phelan | March 12, 2007 10:48 AM | 4 CommentsRichmond, VA

  I read with disgust the latest news account of how the Pentagon is failing to provide necessary medical care for soldiers who suffer brain injuries in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. Largely because of the improvised explosive devices used by Iraq insurgents, traumatic brain injury has become the signature wound of the Iraq War. In an article titled, "For War's Gravely Injured, Challenge to...

• Controversial Chairman of NFL's Committee on Concussions Resigns

  Michael Phelan | March 01, 2007 12:17 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Dr. Elliot Pellman, a rheumatologist, whose qualifications as the 13 year chairman of the N.F.L.'s committee on concussions have been questioned by brain injury experts, resigned Monday. His resignation follows recent articles in the New York Times about the devastating effects of concussions on retired football players and a October 2006 ESPN The Magazine expose which criticized the...

• Traumatic Brain Injury Affects Kids for Years

  Michael Phelan | May 13, 2009 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  According to two studies just published by the American Psycological Association, children who suffer traumatic brain injuries can experience lasting or late-appearing neuropsychological problems....

• Another New Study Shows Long-Term Dangers of Concussions

  Michael Phelan | March 10, 2009 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Not all concussions are the same. Mild traumatic brain injuries (a/k/a concussions) are common in children and young adolescents, especially those who play contact sports. Researchers at Nationwide...