Archive for April, 2010

Women Lead The Charge In Battle Over The NFL and TBI

Posted on April 12th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

 The New York Times during the past week has done a series of stories about the parties leading the fight to win compensation for retired National Football League players who have contracted early dementia.  In a story in the Sunday Times, headlined “In the Fight to Address Head Trauma, Women..
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Ex-Football Players, Now Lawyers, Defend Peers In Workman’s Comp Cases In California

Posted on April 9th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Now here are two attorneys who can really relate to their clients. Two former pro-football-players turned lawyers are now representing roughly 1,000 ex-players in what could be landmark worker’s compensation cases in California, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/sports/football/08lawyers.html?hpw Ron Mix in the 1960s was with the San Diego..
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California May Rule On NFL’s Exposure to Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted on April 8th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Whether NFL Concussions Cause Alzheimer’s May Be Decided in California A case in California is shaping up as a test of whether the National Football League is liable for the dementia that is striking retired players who sustained head injuries during their careers. The details of the case are carefully..
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Whether Repeated CT Scans Too Dangerous for Fighters

Posted on April 4th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Editor's Note: In the category of the ridiculous: UFC worrying about risk factors for its fighters? Ultimate Fight Championship welterweight Thiago “Pitbull” Alves may be alive today because he was scheduled to fight in New Jersey, which has some of the strictest rules regarding pre-fight clearances. And that may have..
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Pentagon To Study Using Hyperbaric Chambers To Treat TBI

Posted on April 1st, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

The Defense Department is doing an 18-month-long study to determine if hyperbaric chambers, typically used to treat carbon monoxide poisoning, can also help those with mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/03/defense-dept-to-study-effect-of-hyperbaric-chamber-on-traumatic-brain-injury/1 News of the study was first reported by the Army Times, which said that 100,000 troops have been diagnosed..
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