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Efforts being made to improve TBI diagnosis

With the prevalence of news about brain injuries seemingly being reported on a regular basis, many may be surprised to learn that they can at times be difficult to identify. This difficulty is mostly due to the inability to actually see the physical damage done inside the brain. In an effort to improve the diagnosis of brain injuries, a new tool is being tested by scientists. The MRI-based tool is designed to highlight the breaks

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March is National Brain Injury Awareness month

Though March is National Brain Injury Awareness month, for those who have suffered a serious brain injury, it is unlikely that a day goes by where he or she does not think about it. This is because in some cases, even after the person appears to heal from the injuries, there can be lingering side-effects. Nationwide, each year 1.7 million people sustain brain injuries of varying degrees. Depending on the person and the way in

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Miami collision of car with garbage truck leaves college student dead

A tragic accident occurred earlier this week which took the life of a college student from Miami-Dade. The 20-year-old man was involved in an early morning car accident in which his Nissan Altima hit a 2003 Freig Roll-off garbage truck. A spokesman for Florida Highway Patrol indicated that just prior to the fatal accident the Nissan was headed west down Southwest 48th Street. At the same time, the Waste Management garbage truck, which was on

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Inoperable lighting being blamed for a second fatal pedestrian accident

A tragic accident claimed the life of a man in a wheelchair in Miami earlier this week. The car accident occurred at the intersection of Northwest 4th Avenue and 62nd Street as the man in the wheelchair was attempting to cross the street. The force of the impact reportedly threw the man from his wheelchair. According to a detective with Miami Police Traffic Homicide, the driver of the van that hit the man did not

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