-As many as 360,000 Iraq and Afghanistan veterans may have suffered brain injuries. Of these, 45,000-90,000 veterans' injuries have persistent symptoms that warrant specialized care.
-Here's some good employment news in an otherwise dim job market: 22 new employees will be hired in Carthage, NY. The new employees will staff a 24 hour facility for rehabilitation services for people with brain injuries.
-Brian Scalabrine of the Boston Celtics is out indefinitely due to a second concussion experienced in a recent game. A concussion is a mild brain injury. Although most heal on their own, experiencing a subsequent concussion while the first is still healing can result in more permanent damage.
Here is an inspiring story about the recovery progress of Rudy Sotomayor (a star amongst makeup artists) from a brain injury he sustained in a 2007 after a car hit him in a crosswalk.
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