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• Military services beginning new focus on traumatic brain injuries (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
  Researchers have found that when the brain is injured, it needs rest to recover. But a second injury as the brain is recuperating from the first can cause brain cells to die, resulting in a permanent loss of function - or even death.
• Military Medical Experts to Offer Update on Push For Early Diagnosis of Combat Brain Injuries (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
  As the U.S. military urgently seeks new and more accurate tests to detect mild traumatic brain injuries -- a potentially life-long disability afflicting an estimated 20 percent of U.S. soldiers returning from  Afghanistan and Iraq --  leading military medical researchers will present a detailed update on efforts to improve early diagnosis, monitoring and treatment during the upcoming ...
• Driver blamed in Brooklyn hit-and-run that left young mayor's aide with severe brain injuries (New York Daily News)
  The driver blamed for a Brooklyn hit-and-run that hospitalized two women, including one who works for Mayor Bloomberg, surrendered Wednesday to police.
• Research aims to reverse brain damage (UCD Advocate)
  By: Kyle McDaniel Brain damage sucks. Yeah, breaking an arm or a leg can make life difficult. It means having someone carry your books, open doors for you, hold up your pipe while you take a drag. It’s a toughie. But the reason injuries to the brain are such a big de...
• "Brain Injury Awareness Month" hopes to bring light to issue (KTIV Sioux City)
  SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) -- A brain injury is a life-changing event that can happen in an instant. Tuesday, Sioux City Mayor Pro-Tem Tom Padgett declared March "Brain Injury Awareness Month" to bring awareness to the many people affected by brain injuries.
• Babysitter acquitted of inflicting severe injuries (San Antonio Express-News)
  Maria Mendoza was accused in 2006 of causing permanent brain damage for the 7-month-old.
• Defense Expert Says 26-Inch Fall Could Have Killed 7-Month-Old Child (Hartford Courant)
  A biomechanical engineer who has studied the mechanics of brain injuries in children testified Wednesday that Michael Brown Jr. could have been fatally injured by falling 26 inches from a bed to a linoleum floor in Suzanne Listro's home in May 2008.
• Chase lunacy led to tragedy (The Courier Mail)
  A TEENAGER received serious brain and spinal injuries after a high speed chase on a suburban Brisbane street ended in a collision, a court was told.
• Neuropsychologist: Child killer Dubose has brain injury (The Florida Times-Union)
  DreShawna Davis’ killer has a brain injury that left him incapable of walking away after he was humiliated by the 8-year-old’s uncle, a defense psychologist told Jacksonville jurors Tuesday who are deciding whether he should die for the murder.
• Murder accused: toddler 'always knocking himself' (3news)
  Pickering was the caregiver of Dylan who died of brain injuries in Auckland's Starship Hospital on April 18, 2008.

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