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Planning Your Estate

Advice on how to provide long-term financial care for a loved one with a brain injury after you are gone.

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Using Anti-Depressants After TBI?

Are they safe? Do they help?

What Do I Tell My Employer?

Will my boss know that "mild" TBI is much more than mild?

Recognizing TBI in Substance Abuse Support Groups

Symptoms from brain injury and addiction can seem the same.

Coming Clean About Drugs with Your Doctor

The overlapping problems of pain, prescription drugs, and substance abuse.

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The Pros and Cons of Taking Preventative Anti-Seizure Meds

Waiting or preventing: what’s the best choice?

Increased Muscle Spasticity After Traumatic Brain Injury

What is muscle spasticity, why does it occur after TBI, and how is it treated?

Staying Sober After a Brain Injury

If you went to AA meetings before TBI, keep going.

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Avoiding Substance Abuse After Brain Injury?

Glass of alcohol on a bar with the bartender and liquor bottles in the background

Is there a best treatment or is it all up to the individual?

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Changes in Taste and Smell After Brain Injury

Almost 25% of people with TBI experience changes in taste and smell.

What to Know About Trusts and Structured Settlements After Brain Injury

Make sure the funds you’ve saved for your child with TBI last his lifetime.

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Should I Tell My TBI Rehab Staff About My Previous Addiction?

Sharing medical history with your doctors after TBI helps more than it hurts.

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Pediatric Versus Adult Rehabilitation After Brain Injury

Learn how age and developmental experience can affect outcome.

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How Attorneys Can Help People with Brain Injury Dispute "Pre-Existing Conditions"

What Are an Attorney's Obligations When a Client Has Had a Brain Injury?

“Aggravation of pre-existing conditions” can be difficult to substantiate.

Shana De Caro, Esq.

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Legal Issues

Is Hypersomnia a Symptom of a Brain Injury?

“Excessive sleepiness” can be a result of a TBI — or several other medical issues.

Nathan Zasler, MD

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Sleeping Problems

Physical Symptoms of Brain Injury

"Normal" People Do Yoga

"I have to admit that I didn’t expect Satan to come as a yoga instructor ... "

The Invisible Wounds of War

General Peter W. Chiarelli, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, is leading the Army’s efforts as it tackles the challenges of identifying and treating the signature wounds of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan — post traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury.

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Invisible Heroes

Navy Safe Harbor wants everyone to know that Sailors, Coast Guardsmen, and veterans with TBI and PTSD should be treated as the heroes that they are.

Treating Clients with Traumatic Brain Injury

Brain injury is a frequent but under-recognized condition co-occurring with substance use disorder. Learn more.

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Exit Wounds: A Survival Guide to Pain Management for Returning Veterans and Their Families

"I don't measure how far I have come by goals achieved .... For me, what counts is that pain no longer rules my life," so writes Iraq veteran Derek McGinnis.