Tag Archives: accidents
Spinal Cord Injury: Causes, Symptoms and Recovery
The University of Alabama’s National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center reports that there are anywhere from 236,000 to 327,000 people in the United States who have a spinal cord injury (SCI) , with approximately 12,000 new cases being reported each year. Although results vary, studies show that the majority of spinal injuries occur as a […]
After a Blow to the Head: Recognizing Brain Injuries
After actress Kristin Chenoweth was hit by a falling light fixture on the set of The Good Wife this past summer, she lost the ability to multitask, a common complaint of those suffering from brain trauma. Every year, approximately 1.5 million people in the United States sustain some type of brain injury. 50,000 of them […]
Non-Traumatic Brain Injury
When most people think of brain injuries, they envision a blow to the head in an accident or an act of violence. These types of brain injuries are indeed traumatic, but they are not the only way that the brain can be seriously injured. Non-traumatic brain injuries can be just as serious. and often even […]
Facts and Figures
Common Indiana traffic injuries The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced 24,050 people died in motor vehicle accidents in the first nine months of 2011, a 1.6 percent decline from 2010 fatalities during the same period. The Indiana State Police report our state saw 701 fatal traffic collisions—and 754 fatalities— in 2010, an […]
