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#5ThoughtsFriday 03/24/2017
Annual Conference Edition
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Here are the 5 things we thought were
worth sharing with you this week:
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5) How do Emergency Department visits for traumatic brain injury compare for the years 2007 and 2013?
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has short- and long-term adverse clinical outcomes, including death and disability. TBI can be caused by a number of principal mechanisms, including motor-vehicle crashes, falls, and assaults. This report describes the estimated incidence of TBI-related emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalizations, and deaths during 2013 and makes comparisons to similar estimates from 2007. In 2013, approximately 2.5 million TBI-related ED visits, approximately 282,000 TBI-related hospitalizations, and approximately 56,000 TBI-related deaths occurred in the United States. The highest rates of TBI-related ED visits, hospitalizations, and deaths were observed among persons aged ≥75 years; this suggests an urgent need to enhance fall-prevention efforts in that population.
To read the rest of the report in MMWR, CLICK HERE.
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4) How should we think about the ethical implications of our increasing knowledge about the brain?
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Neuroscience advances have brought important ethical questions. The recent launch of two large brain projects,
the United States BRAIN Initiative and the European Union Human Brain Project, should accelerate
progress in understanding the brain.
Rapidly accruing knowledge about the brain can raise profound questions about who we are, how we function, how those functions might be changed, and what that might mean for society. Understanding how human brains function is perhaps uniquely imbued with ethical, legal, and social implications. Even brain projects focused on developing research tools and largely dealing with non-human brains lay the foundations for possibly revolutionary changes in our human world.
This is a good time to take stock of the state of neuroethics. After describing neuroethics, we will examine first its incorporation into two of the major brain projects, then look at some other organizations promoting research and education in this area.
To read the rest of this fascinating article, CLICK HERE.
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Photograph: Kelly Cestari/PR IMAGE
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The Quiksilver Pro marks the beginning of the pro surfing calendar, but on Sunday at Snapper Rocks emotions ran to heights you might expect from a season decider. There was barely a dry eye on the beach as Owen Wright, competing in his first elite tour event since sustaining a brain injury late in 2015, was chaired from the ocean by his siblings Tyler and Mikey having claimed a famous victory at the 2017 Champions Tour opener.
Wright defeated his good friend Matt Wilkinson in the final, 14.66 points to 13.50 for the record, to win his third WSL title but there was so much more to this story. As recently as last month, Wright was still unsure whether he would return to the highest level of surfing after a fall at Pipeline in Hawaii at the 2015 season-ender left him in hospital with severe concussion and bleeding on the brain.
Wright’s recovery has been long and arduous but, with the support of friends, family and the wider surfing community – and no shortage of grit and determination on his behalf – he has not only been able to get back on his surfboard, but win the year’s first event and install himself as the early frontrunner in the world title race.
To Read More about this inspirational victory, CLICK HERE
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2) What We Are Reading That You Might Enjoy...
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At the core of Smarter Faster Better are eight key productivity concepts—from motivation and goal setting to focus and decision making—that explain why some people and companies get so much done. Drawing on the latest findings in neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral economics—as well as the experiences of CEOs, educational reformers, four-star generals, FBI agents, airplane pilots, and Broadway songwriters—this painstakingly researched book explains that the most productive people, companies, and organizations don’t merely act differently.
They view the world, and their choices, in profoundly different ways.
A young woman drops out of a PhD program and starts playing poker. By training herself to envision contradictory futures, she learns to anticipate her opponents’ missteps—and becomes one of the most successful players in the world.
A group of data scientists at Google embark on a four-year study of how the best teams function, and find that how a group interacts is more important than who is in the group—a principle, it turns out, that also helps explain why Saturday Night Live became a hit.
What do these people have in common?
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1) Quote We Are Contemplating...
“Just be a little kinder than necessary ”
- contributed by Jeff Wells
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Thanks
to All of These Amazing
2017 BIAMD Annual Conference
Sponsors for making it such a success:
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Thanks for reading! Have a wonderful weekend.
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