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Kenai service dog up for hero award

...with the disease spent nine months in assisted living after one fall, she said."It's a miracle I didn't get a brain injury," she said.But, since she found Sasha in the Kenai Animal Shelter in October 2011, she hasn't fallen in more...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2013-05-12/kenai-service-dog-hero-award
State
Around Town for Wednesday, Feb. 20

...Details: 463-4099.Alaska Brain Injury Network, 4-5:30 p.m...Individuals experiencing traumatic brain injury (TBI), concussion or head injury...professionals supporting someone with a brain injury. Open to all individuals who would...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2013-02-20/around-town-wednesday-feb-20
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March First Friday art walk

...Wine tasting and chocolate cake will be available.Brain Injury Awareness exhibit by Annie Geselle The Canvas Community...journey through her recovery process. Geselle suffered a brain injury in 2010, after falling on the ice. The show will include...

http://juneauempire.com/art/2013-02-28/march-first-friday-art-walk
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Couple pays it forward with gift drive

...wounded in Iraq in 2007."A grenade launcher blew up behind me in a crossfire," he said.He suffered traumatic brain injuries and was sent back to Fort Lewis, Wash., the home base of his outfit, the 2nd Infantry Division, 3rd Stryker Brigade...

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-11-23/couple-pays-it-forward-gift-drive
State
Early detection of brain injuries could help prevent future tragedies

...often linked to head trauma in football players and military veterans.The problem with detecting CTE, the type of brain injury that so often shows up in football players, boxers, military veterans and others who've suffered repeated head trauma...

http://juneauempire.com/sports/2013-01-30/early-detection-brain-injuries-could-h
Sports
Clinical Nurse Discharge Planner Job in Anchorage 99501, Alaska US

...chronic, multiple, complex, catastrophic, or life-threatening illnesses; combat stress, residuals of traumatic brain injury; community adjustment; addictions and other health problems. Works collaboratively with utilization management...

http://jobview.local-jobs.monster.com/?ch=alaskajobnet/Clinical-Nurse-Discharge-
Evidentiary hearings wrap up in Paul murder case

...Aug. 9, 2010, when Paul's girlfriend, Jacqueline M. Orr, noticed the infant was seizing. The baby died of a brain injury a week later at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after she was taken off life support on Aug. 15, 2010. Paul...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-05-20/evidentiary-hearings-wrap-paul-murder-c
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Judge dismisses indictment against man accused of murdering infant

...her to BRH, where it was discovered she had a massive brain injury.The baby was medevaced to Harborview Medical Center...to as Abusive Head Trauma. Sugar noted that Orr's brain injury did not stem from an "impact injury," like hitting...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-07-01/judge-dismisses-indictment-against-man-
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State re-indicts man accused of murdering girlfriend's 4-month-old

...mother Jacqueline M. Orr - took the infant to Bartlett Regional Hospital, where it was discovered she had a massive brain injury. The baby had been seizing, and she died later at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on Aug. 15, 2010.Court...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-07-25/state-re-indicts-man-accused-murdering-
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Weekend healthcare event to focus on veterans

...Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Front Street Clinic, Juneau Alliance for Mental Health, Inc., Alaska Brain Injury Network and Southeast Senior Services. The VA will have staff available to talk about healthcare enrollment, disability...

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-09-06/weekend-healthcare-event-focus-veterans
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