In January, Oregonian columnist Elizabeth Hovde sustained a TBI in a skiing accident on Mt. Hood. Her fall caused a coma that kept her in the hospital for two weeks, and then a rehabilitation center for another three weeks. She came home in February, but didn't write her next column until the end of May. In it, she explains waking up:

I remember the ridiculous. And I remember the day I came back.

I used to think all the nurses and doctors around me were "Star Wars" people that I had to escape. And I remember the morning I woke up in the hospital knowing that I was in fact in a hospital, not a rebel ship, and thinking the doctors, therapists and nurses were good people who were there to help me. I prayed to God the entire day for the suspicious, scary days to be over and for the "everyone is good" days to stay.

OPB Think Out Loud is inviting readers to write questions for Elizabeth Hovde and encouraging them to discuss the process of healing after a brain injury. 

Join the discussion:

http://opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/elizabeth-hovde/

Read Eizabeth Hovde's first column since her brain injury:

http://www.oregonlive.com/hovde/index.ssf/2011/05/traumatic_brain_injury_back_fr.html

TBI is an important topic for public health researchers, but there has been a lack of attention paid to the investigation of brain injuries occurring in the workplace.  With limited resources available for occupational safety and health programs, identifying and targeting of high-risk populations  should be a priority for industry in developing focused and tailored prevention strategies. Future research should enumerate and describe nonfatal occupational TBIs in the US.

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The eyes may be the window to the soul, but neuroimages — from DTI to fMRI — can tell us a lot about the brain.

BrainLine has an fascinating guide through the different types of neuroimaging, with images and explanations were provided by Deborah M. Little, PhD, associate professor of Neurology, The University of Illinois College of Medicine. 

See the images, description and video interviews with Dr. Little: http://www.brainline.org/content/2011/04/neuroimages.html