As part of its effort to “put a face” on the hundreds of concussion suits filed against the National Football League, The New York Times Sunday did a profile of one of the plaintiffs. The player was Mitch White, a former New Orleans Saint and Buccaneer, who now now lives..
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Mouth-guard marketer Brain-Pad Inc. and its President Joseph Manzo are prohibited from making unsupported claims about their product reducing the risk of concussions under a settlement reached last month with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/08/brainpad.shtm In a press release, the FTC said that Brain-Pad can’t “make any claims that..
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The U.S. military has launched several initiatives to stem the skyrocketing number of suicides by soldiers and veterans, and to combat post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Here’s my suggestion: The Army should expand and build upon Ride 2 Recovery’s model. Ride 2 Recovery, a nonprofit group, has come up with..
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As one New York sports writer put it, there is no such thing as a “mild” concussion now in the National Football League. When New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis received a head injury last Sunday in a game against Buffalo, team officials at first totally downplayed the incident and..
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There’s been a string of separate studies that have essentially come to the same conclusion: Sex boosts your brain and can make you smarter. One of those recent pieces of research found that people with lusty thoughts perform better that those without racy ideas when given analytical problem-solving tests, according..
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Here’s the Army’s and National Football League’s spin on how they’re doing in terms of preventing traumatic brain injury. The military put out a press release this week on a report that both groups made to Congress on Tuesday. http://www.army.mil/article/87297/Army__NFL_report_to_Congress_on_brain_injury_initiatives/ The Army has made more progress in studying TBI in..
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First the word was that New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis didn’t have a concussion. Now it turns out that he did. In the fourth quarter of the Jets’ winning game Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, during a tackle Revis was kicked in the head by a teammate, Bart Scott,..
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Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy may be released from the hospital soon, and has accepted the apology of the player who struck him in the head with a line drive last week, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. http://blog.sfgate.com/athletics/2012/09/10/brandon-mccarthy-makes-more-progress-might-go-home-soon/ McCarthy, who underwent surgery on his brain last week, walked down..
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A Sheboygan man died of a fatal head injury Monday in an industrial accident at a local factory, according to WISN.com http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/ozaukee-washington/Man-killed-in-Cedar-Grove-industrial-accident/-/10151118/16549618/-/dh0tlk/-/index.html#ixzz266G43iAi The victim, Lemuel Aguirre, was killed at a foundry, Willman Industries, on South Main Street in Cedar Grove, Wis., WISN.com reported. The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department was called..
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Helmet-to-helmet collisions don’t just cause traumatic brain injury in football. Tulane University safety Devon Walker suffered a fractured spine Saturday during a game against Tulsa. Walker and his teammate Julius Warmsley had an accidental head-to-head hit during one of the game’s plays, according to the New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/tulane-safety-devon-walker-injured-helmet-to-helmet-collision-teammate-game-tulsa-article-1.1154913..
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