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Eliminating Head Injury from the Sport of Hockey

Posted on November 6th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Does eliminating fighting in hockey eliminate head injuries?According to an article in the New York Times on October 12th, 2013 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/sports/hockey/the-science-behind-the-call-to-make-hockey-safer.html?_r=0, most head injuries in hockey are caused by fighting and body checking.  We are as skeptical about such a claim as we would be to a claim by the..
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Teresa Heinz Kerry Suffers a Seizure

Posted on October 30th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to the Heinz condiment fortune, suffered a seizure on October 28th, 2013.  This is taken from a news story published in the USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2013/10/28/teresa-heinz-kerry-seizure-concussion/3285679/ She states that the seizure was a result of a very bad concussion..
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Posted on October 9th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Kids’ Emergency Room Visits For TBI Soar

Posted on October 4th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

A skyrocketing number of children are visiting emergency rooms with sports-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI), such as concussions, according to a new study. http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/news/release/2013/sports-head-injuries-09-30-2013/ The research, conducted by emergency doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, found that emergency visits for sports-related TBI increased 92 percent between 2002 and 2011,..
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Why You Shouldn’t Let Your Son Play Football

Posted on September 20th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Hindsight might not be 20/20 yet for Scott Fujita. Fujita, who spent a decade as an NFL linebacker, wrote a thoughtful essay this week about whether he would let his son play football. It’s a purely hypothetical question for him, since he doesn’t even have a son, just three daughters...
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Sleep Can Boost Brain Repair, University of Wisconsin Finds

Posted on September 4th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered that the production of certain cells, which are crucial to repairing the brain, is boosted during sleep, several media outlets reported this week. The Sept. 4 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience published the animal study. The bottom line is that during..
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Storyteller Lethan Candlish, One Of TBI’s Most Eloquent Voices

Posted on August 30th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Lethan Candlish is a survivor of traumatic brain injury, a professional story teller, a friend and a collaborator in one of my most important life projects. Lethan spends part of his time traveling around the country telling riveting stories that he has collected from fellow TBI survivors — as well..
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Migraines Linked To Permanent Brain Damage

Posted on August 30th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Migraine sufferers endure a lot when they get one of these crippling headaches. And now they have bad news about their malady. New research published in the journal Neurology found that migraines may cause permanent damage to the brain, according to a story on GPonline. http://www.gponline.com/News/article/1209612/Migraine-permanently-damages-brain/ At the University of..
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Concussion Education App Now Available For Free

Posted on August 30th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

The Concussion Recognition & Response education app is now available free of charge for download through the Apple App Store and Google Play for use on your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android device, or tablet, its creator PAR said Thursday. http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/29/5691399/concussion-education-app-now-available.html The CRR app helps coaches and parents recognize the..
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NFL Wins With $765 Million Settlement Of Player Concussion Suits

Posted on August 29th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

The general view is that the National Football League scored a big victory with its $765 million settlement of concussion-related lawsuits filed by more than 4,500 former and current players and their families. There was a press release Thursday announcing the settlement, which still must be approved by U.S. District..
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