Concussions can age your brain, according to a study by the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology. http://www.ns.umich.edu/new/releases/20658-concussions-and-head-impacts-may-accelerate-brain-aging In fact, according to the announcement on the school’s website, even lesser head impacts “may speed up the brain’s natural aging process by causing signaling pathways in the brain to break down..
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Another NFL player has committed suicide, raising the same question as the other deaths: Did brain damage from concussions drive them to pull the trigger? The latest suicide is Tennessee Titans receiver O.J. Murdock. Only 25, he shot himself in the head while sitting in a car in front of..
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As medical care becomes more adept at saving people after car crashes and shootings, the nation’s population of the brain-damaged is growing. And it’s not easy to find rehab and care for all of them. And not all the facilities are up to snuff. That leads to the case of..
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Pfizer Inc. and Johnson & Johnson had bad news to report last week on one of four clinical trials of their Alzheimer’s disease drug bapineuzumab. In a press release Pfizer announced that the drug didn’t improve cognition or function in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease who carry the ApoE4 (apolipoprotein..
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Some cases of glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of primary brain cancer, are caused by a genetic mutation, the fusion of two adjacent genes, according to researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) . http://www.cumc.columbia.edu/news-room/2012/07/26/research-may-lead-to-new-treatment-for-type-of-brain-cancer/#.UBLnAhVCoQg This type of brain tumor took the lives of Sen. Edward Kennedy in..
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This is no surprise: Former Atlanta Falcons player Ray Easterling, who committed suicide earlier this year, had the brain disease that’s been linked to repeated concussions in athletes. Easterling’s widow, Mary Ann Easterling, released the results of a medical examiner’s report on her husband to the Associated Press on Friday,..
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Facing concussion lawsuits on behalf of about 3,000 defendants, the National Football League Thursday launched a confidential mental health hot line that was developed by suicide prevention experts. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the NFL Life Line as one of the foundations of the new NFL Total Wellness initiative,..
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New research indicates that just one traumatic injury to the brain can lead to Alzheimer’s disease. The study, published in The Journal of Neuroscience, identifies the complex mechanisms that result in a rapid and robust post-injury elevation of the enzyme, BACE1, in the brain. And these results, perhaps, will lead..
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There is so much research being done on potential drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease that I can’t even keep track of it all, but my alma mater Northwestern University is doing what could be breakthrough. Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine is doing trials of a potential new class of drugs..
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Out of the horror of the “Dark Knight” massacre last week has come a miracle: A young musician who was shot in the head apparently hasn’t suffered major brain damage. How? She has a birth defect, discovered as the result of her gunshot wound, that saved her. The woman, 22-year-old..
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