Archive for August, 2013
By jasonmaddox On August 31st, 2013
There are some pretty impressive technology tools being developed for measuring concussion, but with high schools facing financial cutbacks it’s difficult to make the technology available. Also, someone has to…
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By Paul Stone On August 30th, 2013
Parents may be more aware of the danger of concussions when playing football, but it doesn’t seem to be keeping them from letting their children play, according to Kavita Varma-White…
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By jasonmaddox On August 30th, 2013
The NFL settlement of $765 million sound good on the surface. But, if we consider that there may be over 20,000 former players involved the amount of money available per…
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By Paul Stone On August 29th, 2013
From the beginning of the NFL’s concussion litigation woes, there were many who proclaimed the lawsuits brought by 4,500 former players over brain injuries would never see a courtroom. It…
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By jasonmaddox On August 29th, 2013
The NFL agreed to settle the lawsuit brought forward by former players with brain injuries. While the initial amount of the settlement, $765 million plus legal fees, appears to be…
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By Paul Stone On August 27th, 2013
In the United States, a young athlete is sent to an emergency room for a severe sports injury every 25 seconds. The research studied injuries across the 14 most popular…
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By Paul Stone On August 26th, 2013
ESPN announced last Friday that it has asked to have its logos and credit removed from an episode of the PBS series “Frontline” set to air in October. The episode…
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By Paul Stone On August 23rd, 2013
As coaches and parents, the desire to keep the brains of young football players safe from concussion can be intense, and many are looking into new options that purportedly prevent…
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By Paul Stone On August 22nd, 2013
Patients with chronic trauma-related brain disease might progress in two unique but distinct ways, according to a study that examined prospective and postmortem data. One seems to be characterized by…
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By jasonmaddox On August 22nd, 2013
We have devoted many Neuronotes blogs to subjects related to multiple mild brain injuries (mTBI), concussions and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE. A recent development in the study of CTE…
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