We will soon see if Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy, who underwent surgery last week after being hit in the head with a line drive, is out of the woods. Doctors have informed McCarthy’s team that the first two or three days after a traumatic brain injury are the most..
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Here’s yet another study on how former National Football League players fall victim to neurological diseases more often than the general population — three to four times more. It all adds insight as to the long-term effect of concussions on athletes. The most recent research tracked more than 3,000 ex-football..
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Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy, who underwent surgery after being struck in the head by a line drive Wednesday afternoon, was alert and seemed to be showing progress as of Thursday night, according to a press release from the team. In its statement Thursday, the A’s said that the 29-year-old..
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This is not what you want to happen when you sign up for a football clinic. Beverly Morgan, 66, of Lincoln, Neb., has filed a lawsuit claiming that she sustained a brain injury while participating in a class to learn about football with Nebraska Husker offensive coordinator Tim Beck, according..
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The National Football League appears to be stepping up to the plate when it comes to brain injury research. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Wednesday that the league will provide $30 million in funding for medical research, mainly on brain injury, to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health..
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We know that there are bike riders who would rather risk traumatic brain injury than wear a helmet. Well, two Swedish women have come up with a product for them. For those who are too vain to wear a helmet, don’t want to mess up their hair, or think they..
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The U.S. Army and the National Football League boast among the most macho cultures of groups across the country. It is the kind of culture that says “man up” and get up and fight, or get up and play, even if you have sustained a head injury. You don’t report..
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It looks like our parents were right: A recent study has found that heavy pot use by adolescents younger than 18 damages their brains. Researchers are saying that the study should be taken quite seriously, because the work was extensive. It was conducted by scientists at Duke University here in..
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Teens just don’t want to listen, no matter how many times they’re warned. And so it was with Daniel Fernandez on Friday, unfortunately. Fernandez was killed Friday night after he stuck his head out of an emergency hatch on a double-decker bus in Fort Lee, N.J. The 16-year-old hit his..
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Here’s a fascinating piece of research: Judges who were informed that a convicted criminal was genetically predisposed to violence meted out lighter sentences to him than they otherwise would have. The New York Times called the research, which was published in the journal Science, “the most rigorous study to date..
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