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 Brain Concussion Treatments & Research in the News

RISE IN CONCUSSIONS LEADS TO GROWING AWARENESS OF RISKS - Eagle-Tribune
Ben Holm's head aches every minute of every day, sometimes so badly it feels like his brain is pounding against his skull. North Andover senior Ben Holm suffered his third concussion in a football game 15 months ago and still suffers from chronic ...

NJ to toughen rules on HS athlete concussions - Burlington County Times
Proposed new regulations in New Jersey will require high school student athletes to obtain a doctor's approval after a concussion before returning to games. The rules are slated for approval by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic ...

DoD to mandate evaluations for head injuries - Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Since 2006, service members exposed to roadside bombs, sports injuries and other incidents that could result in head injuries have participated in the military acute concussion evaluation. The evaluation is done in theater and is flexible enough to ...

Sports med. expert: NFL lags on concussions - Detroit Free Press
Lions tight end Casey Fitzsimmons and long snapper Don Muhlbach suffered concussions last season, and the NFL this off-season announced stricter guidelines on allowing players to return from concussions. Dr. Eric Braverman, a neurologist and sports ...

Policy to mandate head injury evaluations - United States Army
WASHINGTON (March 10, 2010) -- Defense Department officials expect to launch a new policy in the coming months that will make head-injury evaluations mandatory for all troops who suffer possible concussions, a senior official with the Defense Centers ...

As College Basketball Grows, Concussions Are a Side Effect - New York Times
... growing list of college ... basketball players were three times more likely to get a concussion than men. “Anecdotally, I would say we’ve seen an increase in that time in the number of concussions in basketball, especially in women’s ...

New Jersey to Toughen Rules on High School Athlete ... - 1010Wins
TRENTON, N.J. (AP/1010 WINS) -- Proposed new regulations in New Jersey will require high school student athletes to obtain a doctor's approval after a concussion before returning to games. The rules are slated for approval by the New Jersey State ...

NFL Brain Collector Shows Violence in Slices of Gray ... - Bloomberg
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Five years of hell ended in a hard death. Those are the widow’s words. Her husband, Lou Creekmur, suffered 13 broken noses and 16 concussions as a Hall-of-Fame lineman for the National Football League’s Detroit Lions, and ...

Kevin Pearce makes progress - ESPN.com
Jeff Curtes Kevin Pearce was seriously injured Dec. 31 in Park City. Update: Jan. 13, 2010 -- Kevin Pearce is continuing to recover at the University of Utah Hospital after suffering a severe brain injury last month. He consistently encourages his ...

Fundraiser to aid young athlete injured in 2008 - Observer-Reporter
But at a weekend tournament in Philadelphia in April 2008, just as he was about to head a ball punted high in the air by the opposing goalie, Bakaitis was pushed from behind and the ball hit him on the top of the head. Bakaitis, 14, of Canonsburg ...

 

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