Celebrity gossipmonger TMZ offered an “exclusive” Monday that had the media buzzing. It was a story claiming that the plug will have to be pulled on singer Usher’s stepson because insurance will no longer pay for him to stay on life support. http://www.tmz.com/2012/07/15/usher-stepson-tameka-foster-life-support/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl2|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D179363 Last week the stepson, Kyle Glover, sustained..
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Former Great Bay Packer Craig Newsome offered insight into the painful retirement of an NFL player in an interview this weekend in the the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The story is about the Super Bowl winner’s struggle with an excruciating back injury and pain; addiction to prescription painkillers; depression; hopelessness; and..
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An 18-year-old lesbian isn’t letting a gunshot wound to the head stop her from helping police find the assailant who shot her and murdered her girlfriend, according to ABC News. http://abcnews.go.com/US/lesbian-shooting-survivor-recuperating-brain-injury-working-police/story?id=16779285#.UAOA1ZHXOuI Mary Kristene Chapa is still in the hospital recovering from her brain injury, but she has been assisting police..
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The family of former San Diego Charger Junior Seau, who committed suicide in May, has decided to have tissue from his brain analyzed for damage, according to press reports last week. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-07-12/sports/sns-rt-us-usa-nfl-seaubre86b1ba-20120712_1_junior-seau-brain-tissue-nfl-star-seau Shortly after Seau’s death, his family’s pastor said that the survivors were thinking about having the ex-NFL player’s..
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Even so-called recreational athletes, those who sustained head injuries back in their high school and college “glory” days, permanently impact their brains, according to The New York Times. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/11/does-a-long-ago-head-injury-pose-risks-for-the-everyday-athlete/ The Times wrote about a study that appeared in the journal of Cerebral Cortex in May. In that research, scientists at..
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A new study should be lifting the hopes of the pharmaceutical giants who are working on Alzheimer’s drugs that inhibit the brain’s creation of beta amyloid, a destructive protein, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/health/research/rare-gene-mutation-is-found-to-stave-off-alzheimers.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all The study, published online Wednesday in the journal Nature, discovered an uncommon gene mutation..
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If you’re elderly, overeating increases your risk of cognitive impairment, according to a study by the Mayo Clinic. The New York Post, in a story Thursday headlined “Cut mayo, says Mayo,” reported that if you eat more than 2,200 calories a day and you are 70 and up, you are..
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The Associated Press Wednesday did a rather dire story on almost-complete studies on three potential drugs for Alzheimer’s disease. The gist of the article is quite simple: If these drugs don’t do well in their late-stage trials, several pharmaceutical companies may give up on finding a cure for Alzheimer’s. AP..
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Dave D’Alessandro, a sports writer for The Star-Ledger in New Jersey, wrote a powerful column Tuesday about New York Giants CEO John Mara, concussions and the lawsuits that hundreds of ex-NFL players have filed against the league over long-term brain injury. http://www.nj.com/ledger-dalessandro/index.ssf/2012/07/giants_owner_john_mara_discusses_nfl_brain_injuries.html John Mara, the heir of the Wellington Mara..
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Recently there’s been a lot of attention paid, and press about, the link between the repeated head injuries that football players suffer and long-term brain problems such as dementia and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). But there hasn’t been much talk about concussions and Parkinson’s Disease. Former Green Bay Packer Forrest..
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