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A Nebraska high school football player named Shelton Dvorak is making a remarkable recovery from a brain hemorrhage received on the football field last month. Dvorak was a star player for Pierce High School, where he played as running back and fullback. He took a lot of hits, and one wound up putting him in… read more
Colorado State University has received a grant for $1.2 million to develop brain-computer interactions that could help people with severe motor impairments do simple things just by thinking about them, such as turning on the TV. The researchers expect to create new strategies to measure brain waves and mathematically quantify the electrical activity of the… read more
A Colorado soldier is staying active through the help of a local foundation after returning home with a brain injury. Brady Fowler has experienced loss of hearing, seizures and a brain aneurysm after a rocket-assisted mortar hit him in Iraq in 2008. Fortunately, Fowler made it home to his family, and will be retiring soon… read more
An ex-Carson soldier was found guilty of child abuse resulting in death after he fatally injured a child he was babysitting by shaking it to the point of brain injury. George Peters avoided a first-degree murder conviction in a trial that lasted around two weeks, but could still face up to 80 years on prison… read more
Summit County has 17-times more traumatic brain injuries per capita than the national average, according to SummitDaily.com. Considering the outdoor activities that go on there, such as skiing and mountain biking, the number is not that surprising. With the recent attention that concussions and TBI have been getting, though, Summit County is responding by seeing… read more
A Leadville, Colorado child will possibly go blind after sustaining brain injuries at the hands of a woman he was placed with by social services. The child’s mother had used alcohol and drugs while pregnant, leaving the boy developmentally disabled. Due to poor home conditions, social services took him from his mother and placed him… read more
An Omaha woman was critically injured in a car crash this weekend, suffering a brain hemorrhage and internal injuries. Rachel Richards, 24, was driving in the early morning hours Saturday with passenger Matthew Gilkerson, 21, of Omaha, when she lost control of her car on southbound Abbot Drive, south of Fort Street. Her car went… read more
A new program in Colorado Springs is helping military personnel suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder deal with their affliction through one of man’s oldest pastimes: art. Veterans and retired military personnel are getting help from an organization called Military Creative Expressions in art therapy. A veteran named Juliet Madsen was forced to retire after an… read more
The number of athletic children going to the hospital for concussions is up 60 percent from a decade ago, according to a new federal study. This large hike in the rate of hospital visits is likely due to increased awareness of the dangers of brain injury among parents and educators. This awareness is becoming more… read more
Michelle Stella, a 42-year-old woman from Castle Rock, CO, died recently from brain injuries sustained in a fight with her boyfriend last month. Stella had gone with her boyfriend, Eugene Medley of Peyton, CO, and her son to attend a wedding in Nebraska. On the way back from the wedding reception, Medley pulled the car… read more
