Illinois Implements Automatic TBI Screening for Guardsman Returning from Iraq
April 7, 2008 16:23

Chicago's governor has a message for veterans, which also should be heeded by people who've been involved in car accidents (even minor ones) or who have suffered blows to the head or taken a bad fall.Governor Rod R. Blagojevich urged the state's Veterans to... (Read Article)

Brain Injury Statistics
April 9, 2008 14:49

Consider these facts and figures from the Brain Injury Association of America:

• At least 5.3 million Americans are living with a disability because of a brain injury
  
• The estimated lifetime cost of brain injury was $60 billion in 2000. This includes direct medical costs and such indirect costs as lost productivity)
  
• Someone suffers a TBI every 23 seconds
  
• An average 1.4 million Americans will suffer a traumatic brain injury every year