Traumatic Brain Injury

• Lionel Desmond inquiry: letter from former soldier describes his mental challenges

  The fatality inquiry has heard that the former Canadian soldier was suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and a possible traumatic brain injury.

  Crime

  Feb 16
• U.K. teen waking from 11-month coma with no knowledge of the pandemic

  A car accident put the teenager into a coma before the lockdowns started, and he battled COVID-19 while unconscious in the hospital.

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  Feb 3
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• Port Stanley family turns tragic loss of son into call to action on helmet use

  'You don't want your family to have to go through this,' Branden Pettit's uncle said. Branden died after falling off his skateboard and hitting his head.

  Health

  Oct 14, 2020
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• Brain injury pushes Toronto doctor to promote brain-healthy lifestyle

  Just seven years after suffering his own traumatic brain injury, a Toronto doctor is on a mission to promote the positive effects of aerobic exercise -- and raise funds to further research.

  Health

  Aug 30, 2020
• Another brain-injured man says he walked out of B.C. hospital weeks before Gavin Deloes’ death

  A B.C. man is speaking out about what he says are disturbing similarities between his case and that of a 41-year-old man who died after walking away from the New Westminster hospital.

  Health

  Jun 4, 2020
• Retired soldier files human rights complaint against Veterans Affairs Canada

  Retired corporal Shane Jones says he's been fighting Veterans Affairs Canada for benefits for more than a decade, and has launched a human rights complaint.

  Mar 6, 2020
• New yoga program helps those living with brain injuries in Nova Scotia

  Seven years ago Cameron Stephen nearly died. Navigating the brain injuries he suffered has been a work in progress but he’s found relief in yoga.

  Features

  Mar 2, 2020
• Half of homeless people have experienced traumatic brain injury: study

  A new study has found "strikingly" high rates of traumatic brain injury among the homeless population.

  Health

  Dec 2, 2019
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• Brain injury’s ‘invisible epidemic’: survivors of domestic violence

  A potentially huge number of women suffer traumatic brain injury at the hands of their partners, a problem researchers are trying to bring to light.

  Health

  Oct 20, 2019
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• Boxer Patrick Day, 27, dies from brain injury days after knockout

  The boxer succumbed to a traumatic brain injury he sustained in a bout with Charles Conwell in Chicago four days earlier.

  Trending

  Oct 17, 2019