UCLA researchers say they have found a protein that’s a marker for brain disease in live football players, a protein that previously could only be detected during an autopsy. UCLA in Los Angeles issued a press release about its findings, and the story had wide coverage in the media. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-researchers-first-to-image-242445.aspx?link_page_rss=242445..
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With research on Alzheimer’s drugs suffering recent setbacks, scientists are trying a new tack with the disease: deep brain stimulation, namely mild electrical shocks to the brain, according to the Associated Press. http://www.northjersey.com/news/health/187650581.html Ohio State University is doing a study of what AP called “brain pacemakers” for Alzheimer’s. Several dozen..
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Here’s a rather surprising finding: Physical exercise appears to do a better job warding off brain shrinkage in the elderly than mental or social activities. That was the scoop according to a study published last fall in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The finding is..
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An insurer that is pitching life insurance for children has created a very powerful infographic that really drives home the dangers of concussions and football. The graphic was commissioned by Globe Life and Accident Insurance Co., which is based in Oklahoma City. Using a colorful format that employs a football..
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Our troops are still not getting the help they need when they come home from combat overseas. And here is the evidence. Despite all the counseling and special programs created to help soldiers, suicides in the U.S. military last year hit an all-time high, taking more soldiers’ lives than combat,..
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An Illinois youth who suffered traumatic brain injury after being struck by a truck nearly a year ago died this weekend, according to The Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/downers_grove/chi-hunter-himes-dies-20130114,0,1031312.story Hunter Himes, 15, of Downers Grove passed away Sunday. He was riding his bike on Feb. 26 last year when he was hit..
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Sometimes it just seems that the ridiculous win-at-all-costs, player-health-be-damned sports mentality that permeates the National Football League will never end. It’s a part of the jockdom of the gridiron. Thomas Boswell, a sports writer with The Washington Post, this week did a column on two different approaches to sports-team management..
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The Institute of Medicine, a research group supported by federal funding, has just kicked off a 15-month probe of concussions and youth athletes. The Institute’s website announced that a new ad hoc committee “will conduct a study and prepare a report on sports-related concussions in youth, from elementary school through..
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