by Jimmy Carter | Jan 7, 2019 | Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Sports medicine used to be the field of sprains, strains and broken bones — firm orthopedic territory. But today, with more focus on the damage that a simple concussion can cause and the knowledge that it can lead to long-term, detrimental brain injury, the realm of...
by Jimmy Carter | Dec 28, 2018 | Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
It’s the time of year when the glorious thing we Texans have looked forward to all year — football season — is starting to wrap up. We’re all looking forward to the college bowl games and the NFL is rounding out the end of the regular season. While we tend to glorify...
by Jimmy Carter | Dec 21, 2018 | Alzheimer’s
Ahh, the holidays. Kin — young, old and in between — gather around the hearth sharing tales of yore while anticipating the big man in red’s arrival. Sounds pretty idyllic, right? Unfortunately, this fairy tale spun out in Christmas songs and sappy Hallmark Channel...
by Jimmy Carter | Nov 20, 2018 | Alzheimer’s, Dementia
As we reported here, on October 23rd Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor shared that she’s been diagnosed with the beginning stages of dementia, “probably Alzheimer’s disease.” Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia, and the most common. But, her news...
by Jimmy Carter | Sep 18, 2018 | Dementia, Will Contests / Challenging a Will
A study recently conducted by The University of Exeter Medical School analyzed the data on stroke and dementia risk from 3.2 million individuals around the world. The data revealed that the link between stroke and dementia persisted even after taking into effect...
