The Brain Injury Association of America will present Brain Injury Litigation Strategies 2009 in Las Vegas on April 30 – May 1, 2009. I will present a seminar on Thursday April 30, entitled Strategies for Dealing with the Plaintiff who has a Pre-morbid History of Depression, Prior Concussions or Other Medical Conditions.

Brain Injury Litigation Strategies 2009 is the only national legal conference that brings together plaintiff and defense experts in the brain injury litigation field. The conference will discuss winning strategies of the nation’s most experienced brain injury plaintiff’s and defense lawyers. The conference features plenary sessions for all participants followed by separate breakout sessions for plaintiff’s attorneys or defense counsel and insurance professionals.

 

 

I am very excited to announce that the Sara Jane Brain Foundation announced details yesterday for the 15-city "American PABI Heroes Tour" set for May 2009. The American PABI Heroes Tour will begin on May 3rd at Tufts University in Boston and end on May 17th at the University of Washington in Seattle. The tour will recognize musical artists around the country who have helped or are interested in helping families of children/young adults with pediatric acquired brain injury.

This will be an incredible way to honor the “PABI heroes” while also raising awareness of PABI and money for families who are dealing with PABI. In each of the 15 cities, one finalist will be selected from the 10-20 semifinalists who will be performing in each city to come to New York City on June 5th (Sarah Jane’s birthday) for the Grand Finale where they will be competing live to be crowned The American PABI Hero.

In each city, there will be a Judging Committee from the world of politics, entertainment, business and academia. The tour will also raise money in each city with all the net proceeds being split between the national pool and the winning artists and their PABI family.

For more information on the American PABI Heroes Tour and for the official entry form, visit the website online here.

A newly released study appearing in Clinical Cardiology examines the average fitness level of the morbidly obese (body mass indexes between 40.0 and 49.9). The findings show that the tested population was sedentary for more than 99 percent of the day and, on average, walked less than 2,500 steps per day - far below healthy living guidelines of 10,000 steps per day. The results provide important links between obesity, poor fitness and cardiovascular disease.

The study used a precise body sensor to continually measure physical activity, caloric expenditure and movement minute-by-minute over a 72-hour period within their home environments. Following collection of the data, structured cardiorespiratory fitness testing waccording toformed on each subject.

Most morbidly obese participants in the study were markedly sedentary. On average, 23 hours and 51.6 min per day were spent sleeping or engaged in sedentary activity and the remaining 8.4 minutes were spent in moderate activity. On average, subjects took 3,763 ± 2,223 steps.

The highest level of activity attained by any single individual during one 24-hour period was 28 minutes of moderate activity. No length of time was spent at a high level of activity for any of the individuals while under observation. Two individuals in this study spent the entire monitoring period in sedentary activity.

Obesity contributes to five of the top 10 diseases with the highest mortality rates: cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes, high blood pressure and cancer. Increasingly, new technologic advances encourage individuals to move less and expend fewer calories.

However, it has been shown that, despite being obese, individuals with moderate-to-high levels of cardiorespiratory fitness have cardiovascular death rates that are 71 percent lower than their unfit counterparts. Moreover, low cardiorespiratory fitness is an independent predictor of mortality in normal weight, overweight and obese individuals alike. Morbidly obese individuals, however, have severely reduced cardiorespiratory fitness that is similar to those with established systolic heart failure.

Despite the lack of moderate or vigorous physical activity in the studied population, lighter amounts of physical activity may yield significant health benefits. Even light walking in speeds of 1 to 2 miles per hour shows significant health benefits. Over time, increasing amounts of light physical activity may improve aerobic capacity and ultimately reduce mortality.

"Our findings have important implications for the relationship between obesity and physical activity," say authors Thomas Vanhecke, Barry Franklin,Wendy Miller, Adam deJong, Catherine Coleman and Peter McCullough of William Beaumont Hospital. "Our findings will add incentive to increase physical fitness in this population and increase the awareness of healthcare professionals of the need for recommending physical activity in their patients".


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I am very pleased and honored to announce that I will be presenting a plenary address at MTBI 2009 – An International Conference on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. This will be the first International multidisciplinary conference on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia August 12th – August 15th, 2009 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.

The MTBI Conference Program will be structured around 6 core themes: Sports Concussions, Diagnosis and Treatment, Rehabilitation, Combat Injuries, Motor Vehicle Accidents and Litigation, and I will focus my presentation on MTBI and the law.You can access additional information online here.