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THE SCARECROW CLASSIC 5k/1M Run
IT'S BACK, LIVE AND IN PERSON!
OCTOBER 23, 2022
at its all new location
Piney Run Park
in Beautiful Sykesville, MD
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TO JOIN:
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Register yourself or your team for the Scarecrow Classic before October 21, 2022
- Complete the In Person 1 Mile Run/Walk or 5K (3.1 miles) at Piney Run Park on October 23, 2022
- Celebrate your accomplishment at our Victory After Party and by sharing on social media! #ScarecrowBrainChallenge2022
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PLACE
30 Martz Road,
Sykesville, MD 21784
The 2022 Scarecrow Classic will be held October 23, 2022 . This In Person event, hosted by the Brain Injury Association of Maryland (BIAMD) will rally survivors, families, friends, and supporters around the common goal of raising awareness about brain injury within the community and providing much needed funding to support the programs and initiatives of BIAMD.
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BUT WHAT ABOUT THE THIRD VIRTUAL RACE OF THE B.R.A.I.N. CHALLENGE?
Brave,
Resilient,
Adaptive,
Innovative,
Never giving up
I WANT MY PUZZLE PIECE!
IF YOU OR YOUR TEAM PARTICIPATED VIRTUALLY THE LAST TWO YEARS AND WANT TO RUN VIRTUALLY AGAIN...HAVE NO FEAR!
WE ARE READY FOR YOU, TOO!
and select
to sign up yourself or your team.
This year's piece is the Parietal Lobe.
Last year we had runners in four states and three countries. We got lots of great pics and even better stories! We would love to beat that record for this year's virtual race.
Missed a year and need a piece?
You can sign up for that as well.
So get out there and run/walk/roll/treadmill/eliptical your way to glory!
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CLICK HERE or the picture above to see Elvis Presley's first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1956.
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#5Thoughts Friday
The
Edition
09/09/2022
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Check out the latest
CLICK HERE or find us wherever you listen to your podcasts.
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A longtime University of Pennsylvania scientist has left the school amid an investigation into “inconsistencies” in five experiments that involved injuring the brains of piglets and juvenile pigs, the results of which have now been retracted by the scientific journals that published them.
William M. Armstead has shut down the lab where he did the research, testing various drugs to treat the pigs so as to identify possible therapies for humans with traumatic brain injury. As described in the published findings, several of the drugs appeared to hold promise. But in each case, Armstead told the journals that the published data did not match the results that his team recorded when doing the experiments, editors wrote in notices of the retractions.
Neither the journals nor Penn officials provided details about the discrepancies in the results, such as whether they were the result of mistakes or deliberate misconduct. But given that issues arose on five separate occasions, the latter scenario is plausible, said physician Ivan Oransky, cofounder of Retraction Watch, the science news site that first reported on Armstead’s departure.
“It looks an awful lot like a pattern,” said Oransky, who teaches medical journalism at New York University.
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HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF MARYLAND ABLE ACCOUNTS
TODAY
September 9th, 11am
Maryland ABLE is seeking input on who can manage an ABLE account. The Treasury Department has issued final regulations for Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) savings and investment programs that included new provisions for who can assist a person with a disability to manage their account and would allow for people other than those serving as Power of Attorney or guardian of property, with specific relationships to the person, to manage the ABLE account for the person.
Implementation of these new provisions of the regulations would require a change in the Maryland statute. The Maryland ABLE program is seeking input from people with disabilities, family members, and service providers before moving forward with how we may implement these new classifications of account managers for people over the age of eighteen.
We value your input and invite you to share your thoughts by participating in today's virtual focus group.
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One of the most upsetting aspects of age-related memory decline is not being able to remember the face that accompanies the name of a person you just talked with hours earlier. While researchers don't understand why this dysfunction occurs, a new study conducted at University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) has provided some important new clues. The study was published on September 8 in Aging Cell.
Using aging mice, researchers have identified a new mechanism in neurons that causes memories associated with these social interactions to decline with age. In addition, they were able to reverse this memory loss in the lab.
The researchers report that their findings identified a specific target in the brain that may one day be used to develop therapies that could prevent or reverse memory loss due to typical aging. Aging memory problems are distinct from those caused by diseases like Alzheimer's or dementia. At this time, there are no medications that can prevent or reverse cognitive decline due to typical aging.
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Best Social Work Position in Brain Injury Rehab
(with a $10,000
signing bonus!)
Come join the RETURN! Community Reentry Program at Sinai Rehab Center in Baltimore, serving as our Social Worker/Intake Specialist. This unique and satisfying role is for a Masters-level professional who wants to engage both their clinical and organizational skills, while working with a seasoned multidisciplinary staff in a day treatment program.
CLICK HERE for more information and/or to apply for the position.
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After a 60-minute walk in nature, activity in brain regions involved in stress processing decreases. This is the finding of a recent study by the Lise Meitner Group for Environmental Neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, published in Molecular Psychiatry.
Living in a city is a well-known risk factor for developing a mental disorder, while living close to nature is largely beneficial for mental health and the brain. A central brain region involved in stress processing, the amygdala, has been shown to be less activated during stress in people who live in rural areas, compared to those who live in cities, hinting at the potential benefits of nature. "But so far the hen-and-egg problem could not be disentangled, namely whether nature actually caused the effects in the brain or whether the particular individuals chose to live in rural or urban regions," says Sonja Sudimac, predoctoral fellow in the Lise Meitner Group for Environmental Neuroscience and lead author of the study.
To achieve causal evidence, the researchers from the Lise Meitner Group for Environmental Neuroscience examined brain activity in regions involved in stress processing in 63 healthy volunteers before and after a one-hour walk in Grunewald forest or a shopping street with traffic in Berlin using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The results of the study revealed that activity in the amygdala decreased after the walk in nature, suggesting that nature elicits beneficial effects on brain regions related to stress.
CLICK HERE then go sign up for the Scarecrow Classic and join us for a walk (or run) in the woods of Piney Run Park .
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Wed, Sep 14, 2022
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Presented by Elville and Associates’ Managing Principal and Lead Attorney Stephen R. Elville, webinar attendees will come to understand what is involved in the planning process for a special needs family and the importance of preserving your loved one’s financial security and quality of life.
The key issues of understanding the role of public benefits, making decisions about the future, Maryland ABLE, and using estate planning and trusts to protect assets will be discussed along with the types of special needs trusts and their specific purposes (along with who the decision makers and beneficiaries can be in these trusts). Also, to be touched upon will be the “planning team concept” — how your planning team (attorney, financial advisor, CPA) — can work together to help provide your family peace of mind during the special needs planning process.
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2) Books We are READING This Week |
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Through the sobering story of Maggie Worthen, and her mother, Nancy, this book tells of one family's struggle with severe brain injury and how developments in neuroscience call for a reconsideration of what society owes patients at the edge of consciousness. Drawing upon over fifty in-depth family interviews, the history of severe brain injury from Quinlan to Schiavo, and his participation in landmark clinical trials, such as the first use of deep brain stimulation in the minimally conscious state, Joseph J. Fins captures the paradox of medical and societal neglect even as advances in neuroscience suggest new ways to mend the broken brain. Responding to the dire care provided to these marginalized patients, after heroically being saved, Fins places society's obligations to patients with severe injury within the historical legacy of the civil and disability rights movements, offering a stirring synthesis of public policy and physician advocacy.
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1) Quote We are Contemplating |
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"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive."
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Looking for Something fun to do in Maryland this weekend?
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HAVE A WONDERFUL
WEEKEND.
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Thanks for reading! Have a wonderful weekend.
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