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Official Results On Ex-Chicago Bear Duerson’s Brain To Be Released

Posted on May 1st, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Researchers are slated to release autopsy results Monday for ex-Chicago Bear Dave Duerson, who committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest rather than the head so his brain could be studied for disease from football-related injuries, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/sports/football/02duerson.html?ref=sports There will be a press conference at the..
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More Padded Helmet Could Reduce Brain Injury In Soldiers

Posted on April 24th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury Signature Wound of Iraq and Afghanistan The Los Angeles Times Sunday called tramatic brain injury (TBI) the “signature wound” of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with 130,000 troops suffering such brain damage. But hope — in the form of a better helmet — may be on the..
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Madden Video Game Will Offer A Lesson On Seriousness Of Concussions

Posted on April 3rd, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

This may be the best way to get the message across to youths about the dangers of football and concussions: Say it via a video game. The newest version of the video game Madden NFL 12 will not only depict players sustaining concussions, it will show them being pulled off the field..
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The Puck Stops Here: NHL Refuses To Ban Blows To The Head

Posted on March 20th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

The dust has settled on its meeting last week, and the bottom line is this: The National Hockey League has still refused to totally ban hits to the head. The horrific concussions sustained by Sidney Crosby and Max Pacioretty didn’t sway the NHL. Air Canada and Via Rail’s theats to pull their ads..
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Will NHL General Managers Do The Right Thing Regarding Concussions?

Posted on March 12th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

National Hockey League general managers will be on the hot seat next week, pressured to put more teeth into a new rule regarding checks to the head, according to The New York Times.   http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/general-managers-likely-to-address-hits-to-head/?ref=sports The GMs, who are holding their annual meeting in Florida, are not likely to ban hits to the head,..
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Air Canada, And Concussions, Don’t Scare NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman

Posted on March 11th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

What kind of a fool is National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman? Decide for yourself. The New York Times reported Friday that Air Canada, which sponsors the six NHL Canadian teams, threatened to pull its support of the league if it didn’t crack down on violence on the ice.    http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/sports/hockey/11hits.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper “There have been..
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Researchers Suspect Brawling Left A Mark On Ex-NHL Player’s Brain

Posted on March 4th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

The revelation this week that deceased ex-National Hockey League player Bob Probert had degenerative brain disease has sparked a debate, a rather ridiculous one, about whether fighting should be banned from the ice. Of course it should. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/sports/hockey/03fighter.html?_r= Probert, known as an enforcer and vicious brawler, died of a heart..
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Ex-NFL PLayer Shot Himself In The Chest To Save His Brain For Research

Posted on February 21st, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Dave Duerson Suicide – Brain Injury Connection? Yesterday I posted a blog about ex-Chicago Bear Dave Duerson committing suicide last Thursday. It’s now believed that Duerson shot himself in the chest, rather than in the head, so his brain would be intact for testing for the degenerative disease that is plaguing retired NFL..
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Ex-NFL Star Duerson Donated His Brain For Study Before Suicide

Posted on February 20th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

The life of another former pro football player, who suspected he was suffering from long-term brain damage, has ended in tragedy. In this instance it was Dave Duerson, who committed suicide last Thursday by shooting himself in the chest. He was only 50. http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2011/02/report-duerson-died-of-self-inflicted-gunshot-wound.html In its obituary,  The New York Times described Duerson..
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Skier Lindsey Vonn Exhibits Concussion Symptoms, Despite Tests

Posted on February 14th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Champion skier Lindsey Vonn this weekend acted the way NFL players used to act: She returned to the “field,” so to speak, while still not fully recovered from a concussion. New York Times sports writer Alan Schwarz, the paper’s concussion expert, did an analysis, headlined “Ski Team’s Protocols Fail Vonn,”..
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