All posts tagged 'brain injury and NFL'

A Call To Call Brain Injury In Sports Exactly What It Is

Posted on April 29th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

Props to Matt Calkins, a sports columnist for the The San Diego Union-Tribune, for his recent writing on brain injuries and sports. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/apr/28/tp-no-soft-soap-lets-call-brain-injuries-exactly/ In his column Sunday, Calkins essentially said that people — team officials, athletes, the press — should call a spade a spade. The injuries that have plagued..
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TBI Sets Off Response Similar to MS In Brain

Posted on March 10th, 2013 · Posted in Brain Injury

A new study suggests an intriguing new take on concussions: That the brain damage found in professional football players may be caused by an out-of-control immune response, similar to what multiple sclerosis patients experience. http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/story/index.cfm?id=3767 Research by the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and the Cleveland Clinic, published in..
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Titans O.J. Murdock Today Makes It A Half-Dozen NFL Suicides

Posted on July 30th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

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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Chicago Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler Is Benched With Concussion

Posted on October 9th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

A concussion is keeping another pro football player off the field this weekend.  After getting sacked nine times in last week’s game against the New York Giants, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler won’t be playing in his team’s game against the Panthers Sunday.   http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/eagles/20101008_Bears__Cutler_out_due_to_concussion.html The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Cutler was checked..
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