Miscellaneous

• Small Businesses Still Affected By Hurricane Katrina

  April Armani | May 01, 2007 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  An interesting article posted today on MSNBC.com details how the insurance companies have failed to help small business owners victimized by Hurricane Katrina. After the horrific storm, the insurance companies denied practically all claims, considering the damage as uncovered flood losses. Amazingly, the insurance companies made a record profit after the storm -- $64 billion in 2006 -- while...

• Workplace deaths falling dramatically

  Staff Writer | January 17, 2007 7:52 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  According to the Centers for Disease Control fewer and fewer Americans are perishing on the job due to accidents. They attribute this to a number of factors. There has been an expansion of service industries that arerelatively safe. Tougher worker-safety standards imposed under laws such as the 1970 Occupational Safety and Health Act. A reduction in or export of high-risk mining, metals...

• Man Dies in Sandpoint Construction Accident

  Staff Writer | January 17, 2007 7:47 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A 24-year-old construction worker died Tuesday morning while working on new condominiums in Sandpoint, ID According to the Sandpoint fire chief, the man was operating a drilling rig at the Seasons at Sandpoint development when he somehow became entangled in the equipment. The accident happened around 8:30 a.m., but by the time rescuers arrived the worker had already passed away.The accident...

• New Device May Help Football Players Prone to Concussions

  Staff Writer | January 17, 2007 7:45 PM | 1 CommentDenver, CO

  As football season nears its end, researchers are working on a device that may help detect brain injuries, particularly concussions, in football players. Concussions are the most common injury in the sport of football. Each year, over 40,000 high school football players suffer from a concussion due to the sport. This number does not even take into account college and professional football...

• New Method Developed for Treating Brain Injuries

  Staff Writer | January 16, 2007 6:03 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A completely new approach to treating traumatic brain injuries (TBI's) has been developed by a team of researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. The new approach attempts to stop the release of glutamate when the brain in injured. Glutamate normally works in the brain by carrying nerve impulses across synapses (gaps between brain cells). However, when the brain sustains a...

• Copper Mtn Teen Dies in Ski Crash

  Staff Writer | January 16, 2007 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A Crested Butte teenager died Sunday after crashing on Copper Mountain whilewarming up for a competition. Asher Crank, 17, was on skis and fell about30 feet Saturday after going off a jump in the Copper Mountain terrain park,according to Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson. He landed on his headand was wearing a helmet. Crank was flown to St. Anthony Central Hospital, where he died...

• Resolution to fund TBI Act

  Staff Writer | January 16, 2007 5:44 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Special thanks to the New Jersey State Senate for passing a resolution calling upon the United States Congress and the President to fully fund the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Act for the federal fiscal year 2007. The TBI Act is the only federal law that specifically addresses the issues faced by persons with TBI and presents a foundation for coordinated and balanced public policy in TBI...

• Kentucky Train Derailment Causes Massive Fire

  Staff Writer | January 16, 2007 5:22 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A train headed to Louisville, KY from Birmingham, AL derailed just south of Louisville in Bullit County just before 9am this morning. At least one of the train's 80 cars was carrying the hazardous chemical cyclohexane. The harmful chemical breaks itself down as it burns and it can be extremely dangerous to the central nervous system if inhaled of ingested. After thorough inspection of the...

• Helmets Prevent Serious Injuries on the Slopes

  Staff Writer | January 12, 2007 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) reports that the chance of being seriously injured while skiing or snowboarding is less than1 in a million and that there were only 45 reported fatalities linked to the sportin 2005. This number may seem small, but the majority of the serious injuries were traumatic brain injuries (TBI's) and nearly all the fatalities were due to a TBI. Most skiers and...

• Many Brain Injury Sufferers are Not Getting Post-Trauma Help

  Staff Writer | January 10, 2007 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Nearly 5 million individuals in the US disabled from the effects of stroke, brain hemorrhages, and traumatic brain injuries suffer from memory loss, damage to their mental processing skills, or severe behavioral changes. These effects from brain trauma often do not surface until months after initial medical treatment has been administered. Brain injury patients often find themselves feeling...