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Race To Find Ways To Detect Alzheimer’s Disease Using Brain Scans

Posted on April 15, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Several major companies are all trying to create chemical agents that will detect Alzheimer’s disease through brain scans, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304159304575184073411439884.html?KEYWORDS=Alzheimer%27s The trio includes multinational giants General Electric Co. and Bayer AG, as well as a small imaging company in Philadelphia, Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Inc. Their research..
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Doctor Who Downplayed NFL Concussions While Out with MLB

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Controversial Dr. Elliot Pellman has been replaced at a second  post at a major pro sports league. http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/m-l-b-names-new-medical-director/ Major League Baseball announced Tuesday that it had replaced Pellman as its chief medical director with Dr. Gary Green. Pellman will remain with the MLB in an advisory capacity. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20100414&content_id=9290282&vkey=pr_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Roughly a..
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Husband Of TBI Survivor Shares Blog On His Wife’s Miraculous Recovery

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Believe in miracles – no matter what the doctors tell you. That’s the message from George. He’s a Canadian resident who asked that we share his family’s story and blog with you, to give hope to those who feel hopeless after their loved one sustains a traumatic brain injury.  “My wife..
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Detroit Lions Tight End FitzSimmons Retires Due To Concussions

Posted on April 14, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Another pro athlete has gotten the message about brain injury. Detroit Lions tight end Casey FitzSimmons, who has sustained several concussions, Wednesday announced that he is retiring from the National Football League.  http://www.detnews.com/article/20100414/SPORTS0101/4140414/1361/Concussions-force-Lions-TE-FitzSimmons-to-retire FitzSimmons, who has been playing in the NFL for seven years, cited his concerns about his “several..
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Pittsburgh Steeler Roethlisberger Won’t Face Criminal Assault Charges

Posted on April 12, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who has suffered numerous concussions on the field and from a serious motorcycle accident, won’t face criminal charges after being accused of sexually assaulting a college student in the bathroom of a bar where he was having his birthday party. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/13/sports/football/13roethlisberger.html?ref=sports During a press conference..
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Women Lead The Charge In Battle Over The NFL and TBI

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 The New York Times during the past week has done a series of stories about the parties leading the fight to win compensation for retired National Football League players who have contracted early dementia.  In a story in the Sunday Times, headlined “In the Fight to Address Head Trauma, Women..
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Ex-Football Players, Now Lawyers, Defend Peers In Workman’s Comp Cases In California

Posted on April 9, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Now here are two attorneys who can really relate to their clients. Two former pro-football-players turned lawyers are now representing roughly 1,000 ex-players in what could be landmark worker’s compensation cases in California, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/sports/football/08lawyers.html?hpw Ron Mix in the 1960s was with the San Diego..
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California May Rule On NFL’s Exposure to Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted on April 8, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Whether NFL Concussions Cause Alzheimer’s May Be Decided in California A case in California is shaping up as a test of whether the National Football League is liable for the dementia that is striking retired players who sustained head injuries during their careers. The details of the case are carefully..
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Whether Repeated CT Scans Too Dangerous for Fighters

Posted on April 4, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Editor's Note: In the category of the ridiculous: UFC worrying about risk factors for its fighters? Ultimate Fight Championship welterweight Thiago “Pitbull” Alves may be alive today because he was scheduled to fight in New Jersey, which has some of the strictest rules regarding pre-fight clearances. And that may have..
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Pentagon To Study Using Hyperbaric Chambers To Treat TBI

Posted on April 1, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

The Defense Department is doing an 18-month-long study to determine if hyperbaric chambers, typically used to treat carbon monoxide poisoning, can also help those with mild Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/03/defense-dept-to-study-effect-of-hyperbaric-chamber-on-traumatic-brain-injury/1 News of the study was first reported by the Army Times, which said that 100,000 troops have been diagnosed..
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