Brain Waves

At most, "huffing" is probably something you associate with health teachers warning about in grainy videos from the 1990s. But unfortunately, "huffing" is back, though now it's called using "whippits."

Jamie Suppanz, a speech language pathologist at Cerebrations, said she took to her career "like a fish to water." Though her parents did help guide her to the vocational rehabilitation pond.

Good Samaritan laws protect people from legal liability when they voluntarily provide reasonable assistance to someone who is injured, ill, or in danger. These laws exist to remove a major barrier to helping: fear of being sued.

As the first generation to be online their whole lives reaches their teens, everyone from parents and teachers to behavioral scientists and psychiatrists are asking how exposure to social media during their formative years has impacted this generation.

Here are our practical, brain-injury-informed ways to refresh your mindset as you step into 2026, no matter where you are on your journey.

The holidays can be beautiful…but they can also be loud, busy, and exhausting for brain injury survivors with neurofatigue.

Luke, a newly-minted Specialist (Spec4) serving an Airborne unit at Fort Bragg, was on his way to lunch with some buddies. It was an August day in 2018 and when the group approached a road Luke made it a point to look left, then right, then left again.

Through his professional expertise and personal philosophy, Dr. Patel embodies a holistic approach to wellness: helping patients achieve restorative sleep, emotional balance, and mental resilience, while never forgetting the power of adventure, mindfulness, and connection.

TMS is a unique complement to physical rehabilitation that can be tailored to one's individual needs. Early patient experience and scientific advances offer hope that TMS will play an important role in helping injured brains regain function.

Evan Marshall, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher & Brain Injury Prevention Advocate AND 2025 Return To Work Champion! Meet him at our Virtual Brain Health Leadership Breakfast.