Brain Injury Insider
Brain Injury Insider is a weekly video update by The Brain Injury Law Firm ®. We cover the latest news and developments in traumatic brain injury, concussion, and brain injury law.Host Michael Kaplen is a passionate advocate of the rights of brain injury survivors, and as a senior partner in the New York brain injury law firm De Caro & Kaplen, LLP has been fighting on their behalf for over 40 years.
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126 episodes
Brain Injury Insider Episode 128: TBI in Police Officers: Alarming New Study Reveals Hidden Risk
Police officers are more than twice as likely to sustain traumatic brain injuries as compared to the general population according to a new study published in the Journal of Head Trauma. The study surveyed over 600 police officers ...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 127: How Many Hits To The Head Are Too Many?
Visit our new Brain Injury Help hub at https://brainlaw.com/brain-injuries/help/Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/DvmvJxGP69k...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 126: Harris Poll Reveals Most Americans Still Misunderstand Brain Injury
The Harris organization polled over 2,000 American adults on behalf of The Brain Injury Association of America to determine their awareness of brain injury symptoms, causes, and key myths and facts as well as their personal experiences with bra...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 125: Brain Injury Awareness Month 2025
March is again designated as Brain Injury Awareness Month. Led by the Brain Injury Association of America, this year’s campaign is focused on the individual. Dated research reports every year, at least 2.8 m...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 124: Slap Fighting Needs To Be Banned!
Brain Injury for Profit is not new, but now there is a new profit-making endeavor to generate brain damage.What am I talking about? It’s called Slap Fighting. It’s billed as a “sport”. It’s a money-making w...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 123: Can Concussions And Repetitive Head Trauma Lead To Neurodegenerative Disease?
New research from Tuft’s University suggests that concussions and repetitive head trauma may reactive dormant viruses in the brain triggering neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease. The study ...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 122: Military Blast Exposure & Brain Safety
Our armed service members will get some more protection under the National Defense Reauthorization Act passed by Congress in the closing days of 2024.Weapons must be changed to reduce blast exposure to troops operating these weapons and ...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 121: Insurance Benefits for Brain Injury Survivors
In this, the last edition of The Brain Injury Insider for 2024, I would like to discuss one of the most difficult issues faced by brain injury survivors and their families. That issue is medical insurance benefits and the ability to obtai...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 120: What Is The Risk of Stroke After a Traumatic Brain Injury?
The increased risk of stroke following any type of traumatic brain injury is well known.A new comprehensive review of the medical literature in an article entitled Risk of Stroke After a Traumatic Brain Injury, a systematic review and m...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 119: Convergence Insufficiency: How Difficulties with Vision May Be An Indicator of Long-Term Post-Concussion Consequences
Screening of patients in hospital emergency departments for concussions and other types of traumatic brain injury is challenging due to the many ways symptoms may manifest.Repeated studies have shown that emergency departments often fai...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 118: Chronic Brain Trauma Extensive in Navy's Speedboat Crews
Evidence continues to accumulate regarding repetitive head trauma as a cause of brain damage.A survey of boat team veterans conducted by a retired chief revealed that nearly all of the 300 respondents had experienced concussion symptoms...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 117: Brain Injury Association of America Honors Founder, Marilyn Price Spivak
Last week, Shana De Caro and I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural Luminary of the Year tribute sponsored by the Brain Injury Association of America, honoring its founder, Marilyn Price Spivak.Marilyn’s vision in 1981 of establi...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 116: TBI Recognized as Chronic Condition by the CMS
In a victory for the brain injury community, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recognized traumatic brain injury (TBI) as a chronic health condition.CMS has added TBI to its list of chronic conditions for chronic ...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 115: Long Term Disability Insurance Benefits for Brain Injury Survivors
Despite what long term disability insurance carriers may respond to claims made by brain injury survivors for long term disability benefits, not everyone gets better after sustaining a traumatic brain injury.Recent long term medical stu...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 114: Brain Injury Association of America and US Brain Injury Alliance Merger
Today, I have some good news to share with all those who are interested in improving the lives of brain injury survivors, educating the public about brain injury, and preventing future brain injuries from occurring.The Brain Injury Asso...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 113: Let's Not Give Up On Unresponsive Brain Damaged Individuals
A new study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine found that 25 % of patients thought to be unresponsive and diagnosed as being in the vegetative or minimally conscious state had some degree of conscious awareness.Watch this e...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 112: Law Enforcement Officers Need to be Screened for Traumatic Brain Injury
Over 50% of law enforcement officers reported a prior head injury involving loss of consciousness or being dazed or confused, or a gap in memory, all signs of a traumatic brain injury following on the job encounters or sports related injury whe...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 111: Brain Injury in Children (Pediatric Brain Injury)
Brain injury continues to be a significant cause of disability and death for children of all ages. Pediatric brain injury leads to over 500,000 visits to hospital emergency departments each year and about 60,000 hospitalizations i...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 110: Can a Concussion Impact Your Cognitive Abilities as You Age?
You have been told, you made a full recovery from your concussion. So, can that concussion impact your cognitive abilities as you age?A new study published in the journal Neurology shows it can.The study found that suffe...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 109: June is Aphasia Awareness Month
According to the National Aphasia Association about 2 million Americans have aphasia, but most Americans have never heard of this term or this condition.During Aphasia Awareness Month let’s raise awareness of this debilitating condition...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 108: Record High Levels of Patient Care Errors in 2023 (Sentinel Event Data)
Serious adverse events continue to plague heath care organizations causing preventable injury and needless death to patients. The Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation, each year publishes data on a “sentinel event”, a patient safe...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 107: Should you speak with the other side's insurance company if you were involved in an accident?
In this episode of Brain Injury Insider, host Michael Kaplen discusses whether you should speak to the other side's insurance company if you were involved in an accident. The simple answer: no, no, and no!Watch this video on YouTube at ...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 106: What have we learned from the war in Ukraine about traumatic brain injury?
The ongoing war in Ukraine highlights the significant link between combat and brain trauma, with The New York Times reporting that 90% of soldiers treated in hospitals have suffered from blast-related or other types of brain injuries. ...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 105: Brain Injury is a Chronic Condition
Brain injury of any kind is a leading cause of disability in the United States and throughout the world. It’s time the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (“CDC”) designate brain injury as a chronic condition.Find out more about...
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Brain Injury Insider Episode 104: eBikes and Head Injuries
In this episode of Brain Injury Insider, host Michael Kaplen discusses alarming statistics, which reveal a 49-fold increase in the number of eBike riders who seek care in an emergency department for a head injury.Find out more about bic...
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Episode 104
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