Pop Warner football has instituted a number of safety rules to protect its youthful players, children, from head injuries. OK, so then how did five boys sustain concussions during one game on Sept. 15 in Massachusetts without someone putting a halt to the madness? The New York Times answered that..
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There really does seem to be an app for everything, and now the University of Michigan has brought us one for concussions, according a press release from the school Tuesday. http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/23/4931907/tracking-concussion-recovery-is.html#storylink=misearch This new mobile phone app, called Return2Play, is being touted as the first of its kind by U-M. It ..
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Here is an opportunity for those who have sustained brain injury to provide feedback about their experiences and needs. The Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine is doing research on brain-injury information distribution and the educational needs of survivors of brain injury and..
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Here is something to ponder. Marvin “Brain Damage” Lambert, an independent wrestler, died Thursday, in an apparent cf suicide, according to F4WOnline. F4WOnline I couldn’t find out whether Lambert got him monicker because he really had brain damage, or if it was one of those catchy stage names that these..
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Last time I looked, and this number has been tragically growing, 19 people had died from fungal meningitis after receiving shots of a contaminated steroid manufactured by New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts. The steroid was tainted by a fungus. If you want a detailed description and explanation of what..
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Here’s a new study that doesn’t surprise me: It found that young people who had sustained brain injuries are more likely to commit crimes and wind up in jail. Researchers in the United Kingdom at the University of Birmingham and the University of Exeter said that head trauma can make..
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A website called Journalistsresource.org has put together a roundup of some of the key scientific research on concussions and sports, ranging from football to soccer to youth players. Although this curated portal is meant to point reporters to good sources of data on traumatic brain injuries, it would also be..
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Here’s some perplexing research: A new study found that there was a rise in skiing and snowboarding-related head injuries from 2004 to 2010, even though there was a jump in the number of people who donned helmets during that period. That’s what ESPN.com reported Tuesday, citing a report given last..
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become a serious public health problem in New Hampshire, with incidents skyrocketing in the past 10 years, according to a report released last month by the state Department of Health and Human Services. http://www.dhhs.state.nh.us/media/pr/10152012injury.htm The report was done by the state health department’s Injury Surveillance..
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Want some fascinating reading? Then look at the timeline on the website for the multi-district litigation that more than 3,000 ex-NFL players have filed against the league. http://www.nflconcussionmdl.org/timeline/ The timeline starts in 1928 , showing the results of medical studies that even back then link concussions and permanent brain damage..
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