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Brain Injury Canada Annual Conference
September 27 - 29, 2016 — Toronto, ON
Send your submission by April 22, to torontoconference2016@braininjurycanada.ca READ MORE
Beautiful Victoria, B.C. hosts Brain Injury Canada's Semi Annual Conference supported by Dr. Daniel C Andreae.
April 5 - 6, 2016 at the Coast Victoria Harbourside Hotel & Marina. Breathe in the fresh ocean air from rooms with balconies and sliding glass doors!
Registration and full speaker list available at wwww.braininjurycanada.ca
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Click here to view the Conference Program Bios and Topics.
Health Chat
The ABI Behaviour Services program at West Park Healthcare Centre, Toronto and The Toronto ABI Network is hosting this 75 minute webinar on April 12, 2016.
The webinar is about patients that have sustained a brain injury and are demonstrating behaviours that impede care and/or admission to inpatient ABI rehabilitation. READ MORE
DATE: November 10 & 11, 2016
LOCATION: Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Phone: 416-597-3422 ext. 3448
Email: conferences@uhn.ca
Registration will open in June. The Call for Abstracts will open March 3, 2016
Event Website: http://www.abinetwork.ca/
Call for Abstracts: http://abi.call-for-papers.ca/
Ottawa Sun
The thought of seeing Rowan's Law die before it's passed seems almost too much for the normally positive Gord Stringer to withstand. With rumours of the Liberal government proroguing, there's a concern Rowan's Law — despite having all-party support — might not get passed in time for it to become law. READ MORE
Canadian Occupation Safety
Traumatic brain injuries have garnered a lot of attention recently in sports media, but they are a real issue in non-athletic workplaces as well and instances are on the rise, according to Angela Colantonio, senior scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute at the University of Toronto. READ MORE
CTV News
A U.S. federal court in Minneapolis has unsealed a trove of sensitive emails sent between high-ranking National Hockey League executives, including one email exchange in which NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly links fighting in hockey to concussions, depression, and "personal tragedies." READ MORE
Yahoo News
The National Football League's research into the dangers of head injuries undercounted diagnosed concussions, making them appear less frequent than they actually were, the New York Times reported. The newspaper, citing confidential data that it obtained, said an investigation showed the U.S. professional football league omitted more than 100 diagnosed concussions from studies the league commissioned from its teams, including severe injuries to stars like quarterbacks Steve Young and Troy Aikman. READ MORE
Gizmag
A visibly shaken or unconscious athlete can be a pretty clear indication of concussion following a knock to the head. Milder concussions can be much harder to detect, but that doesn't necessarily make them any less of a threat to long term health. Researchers have now devised a blood test that can detect these kinds of concussions up to seven days after the incident, promising another way for doctors to manage the risks of injury to the brain. READ MORE
ESPN
Women's contact sports such as soccer and ice hockey, where head injuries are frequent and inevitable, recently have come under increased public scrutiny regarding their concussion evaluation protocols. But concussions still fly under the radar as an issue in many individual and team sports. READ MORE
CBC News
A mother in Behchoko, N.W.T., says she's thankful that her eight-year-old daughter continues to improve after an accident that fractured her skull and left her with a serious brain injury. In July, Angela Zoe's daughter Britanya was walking home from a swim at the community's Dehk'e Bridge when a friend offered her a ride on the back of his quad. Britanya didn't have a helmet, but she took the ride anyway. READ MORE
Otago Daily Times
His parents started preparing for his funeral, and family travelled to Starship Hospital in Auckland to say goodbye, but Daniel Milliken did not die. The 19-month-old boy is happy, healthy and home in North Otago after three months of care in Auckland. On December 8 last year, about 4 p.m., the toddler walked into a spare bedroom in his North Oamaru home and tried to climb a set of drawers. A television set on top slid off and on to his head. READ MORE
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