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Brain Injury Canada Annual Conference
September 27 - 29, 2016 — Toronto, ON
Send your submission by April 22, to [email protected] 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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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: [email protected]
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/
Giz Mag
Picking up on the symptoms of concussion can be tricky business at the time of an incident, and measuring its effects thereafter aren't so straightforward either. Looking to further our understanding of brain injuries and how they can be managed to avoid long-term harm, Samsung has developed the brainBAND to quantify the force of impacts to the head. READ MORE
CBC News
A unique program is bringing together students at UPEI and Islanders with brain injuries to find relaxation through art. The class was developed by the Brain Injury Association of Prince Edward Island after seeing how art was being used with brain injury survivors elsewhere in Canada. READ MORE
Barrie Examiner
n 1995, two years before he played in the Ontario Hockey League, a 14-year-old Ryan Crowther took a vicious elbow to the face in the semifinal of a summer hockey tournament in Barrie. Despite blurred vision, the rugged rearguard who, like so many of his vintage, would only come out of a game if his leg was broken opted to play in the finale. READ MORE
Huffington Post
It's often labelled an invisible injury, a common brain and head trauma that doesn't always give you symptoms, or show up in X-rays or scans. According to Parachute, a Canadian organization dedicated to preventing injuries, when someone suffers a concussion, "the brain suddenly shifts or shakes inside the skull, and can knock against the skull's bony surface." READ MORE
Fast Company
People suffering from concussions may find that virtual reality can help diagnose their condition. SyncThink, a Boston-based neuro-technology company, announced that the FDA had cleared its medical device, known as Eye-Sync, which features a head-mounted eye-tracking system. The device is meant to record, view, and analyze patients' eye movement quickly and accurately, thanks to integrated virtual reality software. READ MORE
Brain Injury Peer Visitor
You may not believe in miracles, but I will give my personal account of what happened to me. At first, I was in a coma so I could not give my thoughts at the time. It is remarkable how much I've progressed; I am considered a medical rarity. READ MORE
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