Traumatic Brain Injury

CINCINNATI — An Ohio murder trial that hinges on whether a dying, paralyzed man identified his shooter by blinking his eyes went to the jury on Tuesday, and initial deliberations failed to produce a verdict. Jurors met for about two hours Tuesday and were scheduled to resume deliberations Wednesday in the trial of 35-year-old Ricardo Woods, of Cincinnati, who is accused of fatally shooting David Chandler. Prosecutors told jurors in their closing arguments earlier Tuesday that Chandler...

CINCINNATI — An Ohio murder trial that hinges on whether a dying, paralyzed man identified his shooter by blinking his eyes went to the jury on Tuesday, and initial deliberations failed to produce a verdict. Jurors met for about two hours Tuesday and were scheduled to resume deliberations Wednesday in the trial of 35-year-old Ricardo Woods, of Cincinnati, who is accused of fatally shooting David Chandler. Prosecutors told jurors in their closing arguments earlier Tuesday that Chandler...

Post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury can increase a person's anger and hostility and diminish his or her self-control. But the link between those disorders and outright violent behavior is weak and hard to pin down with certainty. That's what the research suggests about the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), two medical conditions suffered by tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers who fought in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

MINNEAPOLIS — Joanne Boogaard watched her son Derek duke it out on the ice with other NHL tough guys for six seasons as one of the most feared enforcers in the game, a 6-foot-7 brawler who was not there to skate or score, but to defend his teammates when it was called for. "He was there protecting his teammates at all costs," she said in a statement released by her lawyers on Monday, "but who was there to protect him?" Joanne Boogard and other family members have filed a...

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Thanks for the article " Taking the stigma out of seizures " in the June 19 Health and Science section. Like Commerce Secretary John Bryson and the article's author, Justin Moyer, I, too, have a seizure disorder. Mine is the result of a traumatic brain injury I suffered 19 years ago. I take Keppra and Trileptal twice a day and had my last seizure in 1995. I agree with Mr. Moyer that there is no reason to hide this condition. It is what it is. That is one thing I learned as I have continued to adapt to my condition.

About 300,000 U.S. military personnel who have deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or major depression, a mental toll that will cost the nation as much as $6.2 billion over two years, according to a Rand Corp. report released yesterday. In addition, nearly 20 percent of the 1.64 million veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, or about 320,000 personnel, reported a probable traumatic brain injury (TBI) during deployment, the report notes, although it says their treatment needs have not...

Soldiers exposed to roadside bomb blasts and athletes who have suffered repeated concussions show the same long-lasting changes to brain cells, a new study reports. The research connects two growing — and for many sufferers, chronically debilitating — health problems in the United States. It adds to the evidence that injuries once officially termed "mild" may be anything but. Specifically, head trauma that doesn't knock a person unconscious may nevertheless kill some brain...

As the wars abroad wind down and defense spending shrinks, some contractors are turning their attention to the return of veterans and their health needs. Government-focused companies have already been shifting into health-related work, seeing an opportunity in the move to electronic records and the promise of technology to make care more efficient. Now, this strategic turn is intensifying as the fisca l cliff comes into view and the opportunities to translate government work into commercial...

Rear Adm. John F. Kirby is the U.S. Navy's chief of information. This article is adapted from commencement remarks given at the Naval War College last month. In more than 10 years of war, we in the military have gone to great expense and trouble to listen to the concerns of foreign peoples and cultures. We have learned Dari and Arabic and Pashto. We have sat cross-legged in shura and tribal councils. And yet I worry that we do not pay our fellow Americans the same courtesy. It's time...

IN THE 4th century B.C., Aristotle argued that what separates humans from animals is our unique ability to reason. Some 2,300 years later, our best thinkers can tell us relatively little about how that reasoning takes place — how the brain operates normally, or what's happening when it behaves irregularly. President Obama announced this week that he wants to change that. The president proposed a down payment of $100 million to begin mapping the brain. In a video conference this week, National Institutes of Health Director...

Rear Adm. John F. Kirby is the U.S. Navy's chief of information. This article is adapted from commencement remarks given at the Naval War College last month. In more than 10 years of war, we in the military have gone to great expense and trouble to listen to the concerns of foreign peoples and cultures. We have learned Dari and Arabic and Pashto. We have sat cross-legged in shura and tribal councils. And yet I worry that we do not pay our fellow Americans the same courtesy. It's time...

John K. Wilkerson, 91, who retired from the Navy Department in 1981 as an administrator of educational programs for civilian employees, died Jan. 26 at the Asbury Methodist Village retirement community in Gaithersburg. He had complications from a traumatic brain injury suffered in a fall in 2011, said his wife, Sheila C. Wilkerson. Mr. Wilkerson worked for the Navy Department for about three decades. Earlier in his career, he taught English for several years in Roanoke. After his retirement, he did...

As the wars abroad wind down and defense spending shrinks, some contractors are turning their attention to the return of veterans and their health needs. Government-focused companies have already been shifting into health-related work, seeing an opportunity in the move to electronic records and the promise of technology to make care more efficient. Now, this strategic turn is intensifying as the fisca l cliff comes into view and the opportunities to translate government work into commercial business become...

Three people have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a man who was found severely injured last month in a residential area of Capitol Hill, D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said Wednesday night. Tommy T. Branch, 21, of Fort Washington, Michael Moore, 18, of Landover and a 17-year-old male were taken into custody Wednesday. Lanier said police think that they stole the cellphone of Capitol Hill resident Thomas C. Maslin early Aug. 18. "The news of tonight's arrests...

Thanks for the article " Taking the stigma out of seizures " in the June 19 Health and Science section. Like Commerce Secretary John Bryson and the article's author, Justin Moyer, I, too, have a seizure disorder. Mine is the result of a traumatic brain injury I suffered 19 years ago. I take Keppra and Trileptal twice a day and had my last seizure in 1995. I agree with Mr. Moyer that there is no reason to hide this condition. It is what it is. That is one thing I learned as I have continued to adapt to my condition.

IN THE 4th century B.C., Aristotle argued that what separates humans from animals is our unique ability to reason. Some 2,300 years later, our best thinkers can tell us relatively little about how that reasoning takes place — how the brain operates normally, or what's happening when it behaves irregularly. President Obama announced this week that he wants to change that. The president proposed a down payment of $100 million to begin mapping the brain. In a video conference this week, National Institutes of Health Director...

THURSDAY, Nov. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Very young children who sustain a head injury may be more likely to be diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) later, researchers report. The head injury is not a cause of ADHD, but rather a result of excessive risk-taking, according to the paper published in the Nov. 8 online edition of theBritish Medical Journal. "There have been studies done that link moderate to severe traumatic brain injury in older children to ADHD," said lead...

Soldiers exposed to roadside bomb blasts and athletes who have suffered repeated concussions show the same long-lasting changes to brain cells, a new study reports. The research connects two growing — and for many sufferers, chronically debilitating — health problems in the United States. It adds to the evidence that injuries once officially termed "mild" may be anything but. Specifically, head trauma that doesn't knock a person unconscious may nevertheless kill some brain cells and damage the...

Nestled among lush, rolling hills in the quiet village of Bluemont, a 37-acre parcel — now mostly bare — will soon be the site of what its founders are calling the nation's first rural retreat dedicated to serving wounded soldiers and veterans. Boulder Crest Retreat for Wounded Warriors began as the vision of Bluemont residents Ken and Julia Falke, who decided in 2010 that they wanted to use part of their 200-acre property as a peaceful sanctuary for soldiers receiving outpatient care at Walter...