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The Next Generation of Stroke Education

Tessa David was showering in her Dallas apartment when her life changed. Tessa was a 28-year-old model, dancer, and professional cheerleader with a bright future. She grew up in Bloomington and spent five years with the Indianapolis Colts before moving to Dallas to try out for the Dallas Cowboys’ cheerleading squad. But on December 1, 2014, […]

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Brain Bolt Smashes Goals in Year 3

Brain Bolt 2017 from Elyssa Siegel on Vimeo. The Third Annual Brain Bolt 5K topped both our participant and fundraising expectations. Last year’s October 7 event attracted more than 420 registrants as well as repeat and first-time sponsors who together helped raise more than $93,000 to support traumatic brain injury research. Under sunny skies at […]

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Pain Patient Says Dr. Derron Wilson Saved My Life

After a year of constant, burning back pain, Roberta Lafuze has finally found relief and says she owes her life to Derron Wilson, MD, GCBS’ director of the Interventional Pain Management Center. CBS 4 Indy (WTTV) recently featured Lafuze, who suffered severe nerve damage from a slip in the mud. She had lost all hope […]

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Winter Sports Safety

The Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, start next month—good news for couch potatoes who can’t get enough curling. The Olympics raise awareness of and interest in all sorts of winter sports, including some pretty extreme ones. So it’s  timely that January is National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month. Each year, skiing, […]

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A Song of Hope

Eric Jordan was living his dream. At the age of 41, Eric was singing bass with the New York Metropolitan Opera. He was living in New York City with his wife and 20-month-old son and reaching his peak as a vocalist. But it was another voice—his son’s—that made the biggest difference in Eric’s life. One morning in […]

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How to Keep from Slipping on Ice and What to Do if You Can’t

Whether you love or hate winter, we all can agree that icy conditions are a (sometimes literal) pain. Indeed, no one is immune from ice-related falls. But there are ways to avoid, reduce, and respond wisely to them. First, let’s look at what you can do to stay vertical when walkways are slick. Stay indoors […]

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Dr. Derron Wilson is Among the First in the Nation to Perform Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation to Treat Pain

Physicians like our own Dr. Derron Wilson, director of the Interventional Pain Management Center at Goodman Campbell Brain & Spine, are constantly exploring new ways to help patients who suffer from hard-to-treat pain. That’s because every patient is different, and what works for some may be completely ineffective for others. Take, for example, the pain […]

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Join Americans across the country to quit smoking on November 16

When you’re a smoker, it never seems like a good time to quit. Maybe you’re in the middle of a stressfulwork project, or maybe you’re waiting for a big milestone—your birthday, say, or New Year’s Day. Maybe you just enjoy the ritual of taking a few minutes for yourself to get away, have that cigarette, […]

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What You Need to Know About Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that affects an estimated 10 million Americans, and millions more worldwide. But as surgical procedures have progressed, treatments have become both more effective and less invasive than ever. Here’s what you need to know about epilepsy, and about how it can be treated. What is epilepsy? Epilepsy is a disorder […]

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