Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - Traumatic brain injury /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Traumatic%20brain%20injury/rss en June is Brain Injury Awareness Month /channels/channels/news/june-brain-injury-awareness-month-287479 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong>The Neuro’s Alain Ptito is focussing public attention on the danger of concussion</strong></p> <p>By Victor Swoboda</p> <p>On the day that you read this, more than 400 Canadians on average will suffer a concussion or some other brain injury.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/dsc_0798_copy.jpg?itok=SNyU0cFC" width="160" height="246" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">1 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 01 Jun 2018 19:09:44 +0000 webfull 138325 at /channels McGill expert: Brain injuries, concussions /channels/news/mcgill-expert-brain-injuries-concussions-261238 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> June is National Brain Injury Awareness Month. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in children and adults from ages 1 to 44. Brain injuries are most often caused by motor vehicle crashes, sports injuries, or simple falls on the playground, at work or in the home.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbuLj2GAzMM&amp;index=4&amp;list=PLfMfJihLOASV_uwl5sumoc3XOJiPlGo-V"><img src="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/files/newsroom/longer_video_-_resized.jpg" style="height:515px; width:715px" /></a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">10 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:41:20 +0000 webfull 119280 at /channels