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Irv Cantor’s Tennis Legacy Continues with Black Tennis Hall of Fame Board Role
Irv Cantor Elected to the Board of The Black Tennis Hall of Fame On March 28, 2024, Irv Cantor, along with David Harris, was elected
Brain Injury: a Chronic Disease
Chronic diseases are defined broadly as conditions that last one year or more and require ongoing medical attention or limit activities of daily living or
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Classification and Nomenclature
The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report in 2022 outlining recommendations to improve research and care for people with
Brain Injury Association of America’s Public Awareness Campaign
“There’s an often repeated saying in the brain injury community: if you’ve seen one brain injury, you’ve seen one brain injury,” said Rick Willis, president
Brain Injury Awareness Day
Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill was held on March 6. More than 250 advocates from 37 states came to Washington, D.C., to meet
Lifestyle Medicine
Lifestyle medicine is an evidence-based practice of helping people adopt and sustain healthy behaviors; applying these six pillars of lifestyle medicine is not easy and
Joseph Cantor Elected as President of the Board of the Brain Injury Association of Virginia
Joseph Cantor, Partner of Cantor Grana Buckner Bucci, has been elected as the next President of the Board of the Brain Injury Association of Virginia (BIAV). His
Learning by Forgetting
Recent studies suggest forgetting might not be a bad thing but rather, a form of learning, and it might not be a problem with our
Learning Resilience
These are some great thoughts about resilience, which is the ability to recover from setbacks. Researchers at the VCU TBI Model Systems program developed a
Possible Treatment for Memory Issues
For people who’ve had a traumatic brain injury (TBI), memory issues can be not only troubling but disabling. They often have trouble remembering what they
Tips for Managing Anxiety
When we feel anxious, we tend to breathe faster. New research shows breathwork exercises help us consciously slow down our breathing, which can positively affect
Coma or Consciousness?
In an article about consciousness, Colin McGinn writes: “The causes of consciousness in the brain are not discoverable by inspecting the brain, and introspection cannot