Author: Randy Gener

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  BLACK MEN MATTER | Nubian Union fights for young black men with head injuries

  The Nubian Awards Gala is a community-led effort to raise funds to help give medical and psychiatric care to young minority men with head injuries and traumatic brain injury.

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  YOU HAD A CONCUSSION? | NY Giants and the Mets turn to Dr. Teena Shetty

  One of a handful of women physicians in professional football, she treats such high-profile patients as the Giants’ quarterback Eli Manning, who suffered a head injury.

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  SHE BEATS THE ODDS | After a brain injury, what used to be natural had to be relearned

  After experiencing a brain injury herself, Emilia Becker, a Canadian, decided to share her story with others to raise awareness

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  HOPE IN SPITE OF DOCTORS | Can stem cell biology help the damaged brain repair itself?

  Hope exists. Amazingly, the brain can repair itself.

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  ADVOCACY FOR BLACK MEN | Why help only young blacks stricken with TBI? Why not everyone?

  In recent years, bias-related crimes have surged 30% across NY State against people of color, ethnic minorities and LGBT people.

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  “WE ARE NOT ALONE” | An open shout-out to the strangers who performed CPR on my brain-injured partner

  “I really want to try to thank these two young men if possible. I would love for them to hear somehow how grateful we are,” said Rebecca Bratspies.

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  1 Jul 2019Randy Gener
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  Flame Con invades New York

  19 Aug 2018Randy Gener

  BY RANDY GENER NEW YORK CITY |   Flame Con — created by the LGBTQ non-profit Geeks OUT — is rocking …