by Daniel Corrin | Jun 7, 2011 | Community Events & Programs
Roughly 14,000 British Columbians suffer a brain injury each year, and it remains the leading cause of death and disability for people under 45. Some 300,000 Canadians, meanwhile, live with brain injuries caused by stroke. Fraser Health’s Acquired Brain Injury Program...
by Daniel Corrin | May 30, 2011 | Community Events & Programs
The issue of head injuries in sport has exploded onto the Canadian scene in 2011. The media frenzy caused by the National Hockey League’s biggest star, Sidney Crosby, falling victim to serious concussions grew with the deaths of former NHL and NFL players who...
by Daniel Corrin | May 24, 2011 | Living with Brain Injury, News & Research
Impaired facial affect recognition appears to be a significant problem for survivors of traumatic brain injury. These difficulties can be partially attributed to problems with emotion perception. Mounting scientific evidence shows facial affect recognition to be...
by Daniel Corrin | May 11, 2011 | Living with Brain Injury, News & Research
A recent study produced by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center found that 30% of individuals who suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) will experience depression after the injury. “Any patient who has a traumatic brain injury is at a real risk...
by Daniel Corrin | May 2, 2011 | Community Events & Programs
We would like to welcome lawyer Kara Naish to our team. Kara recently joined Webster & Associates, bringing with her over 10 years of legal experience in the insurance defence field. Kara left this practice because she truly wanted to assist individuals through...