Jack Briggs and Marcie Huebert prepare to hang more strings of origami cranes to the display of 36,000 cranes from the Brain Injury Association in the main gallery at Hastings Museum Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013.
Travis Hemburger attaches a hook to a string of origami cranes while volunteering at Hastings Museum Tuesday Feb. 26, 2013. More than 36,000 cranes from the Brain Injury Association are now on display.
Singapore: The 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim has significant brain injury, infection in lungs and abdomen and she is currently struggling against all odds at Mount Elizabeth Hospital where her condition continues to be extremely critical, the hospital said today.
Our medical team's investigations upon her arrival at the hospital yesterday showed that in addition to her prior cardiac arrest, she also had infection of her lungs and abdomen, as well as significant brain injury, said Dr Kelvin Loh, Chief Executive Officer, Mount Elizabeth Hospital.
In a statement, Dr Loh said, The patient is currently struggling against the odds, and fighting for her life.
Wounded Warrior Sgt. First Class (Ret.) Michael Jenkins holds his sleeping daughter, Camilla Jenkins, 19 months, as he talks to Joe Moore, a task manager with BAE Systems, left, during the RecruitMilitary Veteran job fair at the AT&T Center in San Antonio on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. Jenkins suffered three strokes while serving his second deployment to Iraq, leaving him with a Traumatic Brain Injury. He had to retire after 23 years in the Army seven months ago. Now at home full time with his daughter, Jenkins says he is looking for a new career. "That's all I know, that's my life," Jenkins says of his former Army career.
Washington: A single event of a moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury can disrupt proteins that regulate an enzyme linked to Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.
Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) found that a single episode of traumatic brain injury could result in elevation of the enzyme, BACE1 in the brain. The enzyme causes elevated levels of amyloid-beta, a brain peptide whose build-up is associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Tolliver Bailey, 9 years-old, uses a wand to create bubbles at Saturday's Brain Injury Global Picnic held at the Brain Injury Adventure Camp near Robards in Henderson County, Ky. The picnic is intended to educate and raise awareness of brain injury with a side goal is to break the current world record for the most people picnicking in 24 hours in multiple venues.
