The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are calling for public policy changes to stem the increase of sports-related brain injuries in youths, according to Bloomberg News. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-11/brain-trauma-surge-among-youth-athletes-raises-cdc-alarm.html In its weekly Morbidity and Mortality report, the CDC said that the success rate in reducing head trauma in motor vehicle accidents..
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Under federal law, scientists need to get a patient’s approval before they administer an experimental drug to him or her. But that’s not what will be happening at two major Boston hospitals According to a very interesting blog in the Boston Globe, Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Medical Center will..
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Congress several years ago commissioned a 15-year study on the impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That was a grand gesture, to be sure, but it has one rather large problem: The Department of Defense hasn’t been granted any funding to..
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When Antonio Lopez Chaj took his hat off at a press conference this week, the audience gasped. A big piece of the left side of his head appeared to be missing, as if it was sliced off. Chaj, the victim of a horrible beating in a bar that left his..
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The former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers faces a negligence lawsuit filed by a San Francisco Giants fans who was beaten, and sustained traumatic brain injury, by part of the hometown crowd. The Wall Street Journal Monday published a story, with the headline “Can Fan Safety Be Ensured?,” about..
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New research published Wednesday found that people who have suffered traumatic brain injury (TBI) appear significantly more likely to have a stroke — 30 percent more likely. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626162618.htm “Both stroke and traumatic brain injury are common, costly, and leading causes of severe disability in adults, and approximately 20 percent of..
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A new study has found that children who have attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) seem to suffer more brain damage following concussions, according to Time.com. http://healthland.time.com/2013/06/25/concussions-may-cause-more-brain-damage-in-kids-with-adhd/ In the wake of research exploring the long-term impact of concussions on kids, doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh decided to test how youngsters..
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Two recent celebrity-related deaths caught my attention in the past few days, because they both involved ills of the brain. First, Roman Catholic priest and best-selling author Andrew M. Greeley died last Thursday at age 85 in Chicago. A vocal critic of the Church, and a writer of sometimes-racy novels,..
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My heart almost stopped when I saw the story tonight that the body of Cullen Finnerty, a star quarterback when he was in college, had been discovered in a woods in north Michigan. I know I shouldn’t jump to any conclusions, but of course I can’t help but suspect the..
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This week legislation was introduced in Washington that calls for improvements in sports-equipment safety standards and a crackdown on false advertising regarding such gear. It’s great news. U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and John D. “Jay” Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Wednesday..
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