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(EMAILWIRE.COM, July 04, 2007 ) DENVER, CO -- After last week's testimony to Congress from former National Football League players on the effects of repeated traumatic brain injuries (TBI), LegalView.com is pleased to remind readers that information about this and other cutting-edge brain injury issues is always available for free at LegalView.com’s brain injury information portal. Traumatic brain injuries are injuries to the head from a hard impact or a piercing wound such as a bullet. They are a serious public health issue, affecting more than 1.4 million Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Brain injuries can have drastic effects on a victim's speech, mobility, memory, intelligence and even personality. And because brain tissue cannot regenerate, brain damage can be permanent and irreversible – as sometimes the only treatment option is therapy that teaches the victim to live with a new disability.The NFL players' testimony to a House Judiciary subcommittee on June 26th centered on the effects of repeated traumatic brain injuries -- tragically common in professional football -- on a player's ability to live a normal life after retirement. Scientists now know that each blow to the brain, even if it is minor, magnifies the effect of each subsequent blow. That is, a concussion that could be minor on a person without a history of head injuries could cause much more serious damage to a person who had absorbed several previous blows. At LegalView.com's comprehensive TBI information portal, visitors can view informational articles about this and many other aspects of TBI, keep up to date on relevant news and research at the TBI blog, read government announcements and news feeds related to the issue, and look at jury verdicts and settlements in any traumatic brain injury lawsuits that may have been decided recently. And, like all the content on LegalView.com, the comprehensive traumatic brain injury portal is completely free of charge. Brain injuries are far from the only timely, relevant legal issue that LegalView.com continues to track for its visitors free of charge. LegalView is also tracking breaking news on Avandia, the diabetes drug that one study has shown increases patients' chance of a heart attack by 43%; contact lens solution Moisture Plus, which was recalled under suspicion of contamination in May of this year; birth injuries, an issue that concerns an increasing number of young parents; and auto accidents, which continue to be the number-one cause of accidental death in America. Visitors can browse news feeds, original articles, blogs, glossaries of scientific terms, verdicts and settlements and other information that helps them better understand the issues they face, all without any obligation. And those who are ready to look into an auto accident attorney, a birth injury lawyer, Avandia litigation or a Moisture Plus lawsuit can take advantage of LegalView's free, nationwide attorney referral service.LegalView.com is a free public service brought to you by a group of the nation's most accomplished law firms, working together as Legal WebTV Network, LLC, a Limited Liability Corporation created by: Anapol Schwartz; Brent Coon and Associates; Burg Simpson; Cohen, Placitella and Roth; James F. Humphreys and Associates; Lopez Hodes; and Thornton and Naumes. For more information on LegalView.com's highly experienced, respected sponsoring law firms, or get in touch with LegalView attorneys, visit LegalView at www.legalview.com.###This press release was issued through GroupWeb EmailWire.com. For more information on press release distribution, go to http://www.emailwire.com.
LegalView.com
Peter Kent
press-releases@legalview.com 
Source: EmailWire.com
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