First the word was that New York Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis didn’t have a concussion. Now it turns out that he did. In the fourth quarter of the Jets’ winning game Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, during a tackle Revis was kicked in the head by a teammate, Bart Scott,..
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Actress Kristin Chenoweth Concussion Perhaps this will drive home the point that concussions are serious business. Actress Kristin Chenoweth, after sustaining a brain injury on location for “The Good Wife” on July 11, issued a statement Monday saying that she won’t be returning to the CBS show. “It is with..
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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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Here’s a tip of the hat to Pop Warner youth football, which is pro-actively addressing the issue of brain injury: It announced this week that it is limiting the amount of head-to-head contact players have during practice. http://www.popwarner.com/football/2012rulechanges.asp “In our continuing efforts to provide the safest playing environment for our..
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Diffusion tensor imaging, or DTI, may prove to be a tool to gauge a person’s risk for long-term brain damage following a concussion, according to new research. The issue is that while the majority of people bounce back from a concussion without long-lasting side effects, there are some that sustain..
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This was a rather foolish move on Lady Gaga’s part. The superstar, known for her outlandish outfits, apparently sustained a concussion while performing a concert in New Zealand. And she went on with the show anyway, according to the Associated Press. http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/lady-gaga-hit-head-pole-concert-zealand-article-1.1093334 Apparently Lady Gaga was onstage in Auckland, New..
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Researchers appear to be making progress determining what is an accurate recovery time for athletes who suffer concussions, according to a recent story in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Editor’s Note: We remain skeptical about the motive for such research or the clinical value it will have. http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/health/s_783884.html# The story is about..
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A veteran cyclist, who couldn’ t remember how and why he crashed while riding among the redwoods in California, found a way to put together the pieces. He used his GPS. John Markoff wrote a first-person story for The New York Times last week about the memory loss he suffered after..
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Was New York Rangers hocky player Derek Boogaard’s death in any way linked to the concussion he sustained in December? You can bet that’s the question that’s in everyone’s mind after the news broke Friday that the 28-year-old was found dead in his Minneapolis apartment. An autopsy was set for today, Saturday...
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Champion skier Lindsey Vonn this weekend acted the way NFL players used to act: She returned to the “field,” so to speak, while still not fully recovered from a concussion. New York Times sports writer Alan Schwarz, the paper’s concussion expert, did an analysis, headlined “Ski Team’s Protocols Fail Vonn,”..
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