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81The Symptoms of a Concussion
Recently my son was assaulted and ended up with a head injury. It wasn't till a week later that he started to show the symptoms of a concussion. Never having had a concussion myself, I was prompted to share...
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74Neurological Diseases Can be Found With a Simple Five Second Test
The Babinski Reflex is a quick neurological test that anyone can do anywhere and anytime. Sometimes called the plantar response or big toe sign or phenomenon, it takes just seconds to perform. It's...
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69cat scan
A computerized axial tomography scan, commonly known as a "Cat Scan" is a CT scan is used to process your body's interior images through a computer generating cross-sectional images of your body. In each of...
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772009 NFL Football Week Fourteen Preview and Picks
A review of the week thirteen games and preview of the week fourteen games in the 2009 NFL season. Includes my picks for each game both straight up (winners) and against the spread...
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72Concussion symptoms in toddlers
A concussion is an injury to the tissue or blood vessels of the brain. Concussion is caused by a blow to the head. Concussion can happen with any head injury, often without loss of consciousness. People can...
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72Athletes at Risk?
A 60-year-old man pruning a pear tree slips and falls, hits his head hard on the ground and goes to the hospital with mild concussion and a herniated disk in his neck. Two vertebrae are fused, he returns home,...
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56Health Care Costs: Are Fears Adding to the Problem?
If your child is sick, what do you do? Do you try to take care of it at home? At what point do you decide to take your child to a doctor? If the doctor's office is closed, do you run to the hospital, or stick...
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48UCLA AND CONCUSSION
I am not a medical doctor, and I am sure the "doctors" did their "stuff" to make sure that the UCLA quarterback is ready to play after giving only a week for his brain to heal from a concussion. A week is the...
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52Tebow Down: Gator Nation Holds its Collective Breath
Looks of shock and concern were prevalent on both Gator and Wildcat fans alike, as an eerie silence fell on the crowd in Lexington, Kentucky Saturday night. The same collective hush could be felt in...
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69On Being Hit In The Head By a Fully Grown Rottweiler.
Getting hit in the head with a fully grown rottweiler sure can startle a fella. "%$&#!" was what usually entered his mind at these very inopportune times, well not the symbols, the word I meant. I like that...
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