Ringing bells

'Tis the season for bells ringing on television and out at your favorite stores by the Salvation Army.
 
And even a rehab nurse can find a topic of interest in the non-medical press. TBI is common among topics in rehab, mainly due to issues in young men and veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.

In this week's NY Times, there's a series on hockey enforcer, Derek Boogaard, who often 'got his bell rung' in many, many hockey fights. Repetitive traumatic brain injury can cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

After reading this story, this is one bell I wish would not get rung.

More later...