Nfl Brain Injuries

Former NFL Players Blame League For Brain Injuries

AP | By GREG BLUESTEIN and JEFF MARTIN | Posted 12.22.2011

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ATLANTA -- Jamal Lewis, Dorsey Levens and two other former NFL players have sued the league over brain injuries that they say left them struggling wit...

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Brain Trauma Found In Three-Time NFL Champ

AP | By JIMMY GOLEN | Posted 12.08.2011

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BOSTON -- Lew Carpenter never had any concussions – or at least none that his family knew about back in the 1950s and '60s, when he played for t...

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Former NFL Player Claims Brain Injuries Led To Police Standoff

AP | By TOM COYNE | Posted 11.30.2011

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Former Notre Dame assistant coach Corwin Brown officially notified a judge Wednesday that he plans to defend himself against charg...

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Concussions in College Football: Time for a Real Game Changer

David J. Skorton | Posted 01.16.2012

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While the scandal at Penn State remains in the headlines, with good reason, we should also focus attention on a significant problem facing student athletes: concussions in college football.

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Study: Bears Player Had Brain Damage At Time Of Suicide

AP | By HOWARD ULMAN | Posted 07.02.2011

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BOSTON -- The Boston University center that studies brain injuries to professional athletes says former NFL player Dave Duerson had brain damage when ...

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'Virtual Biopsy' May Detect Athletes' Brain Injury

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — Football players with memory and behavior problems have no way of knowing for sure if getting hit too many times caused brain damage. ...

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Helping Athletes Heal Their P.A.S.T.

Joe Favorito | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thanks to a group of altruistic doctors, former professional athletes can now receive the physical and mental care they deserve -- even after the cheering stops.

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Study: Dead Bengals Receiver Chris Henry Had Chronic Brain Injury

AP | VICKI SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry suffered from a chronic brain injury that may have influenced his mental state and b...

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NFL Players Donate Brains: More Players Pledge Brains For Research

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON — Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Haynes and current Chicago Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer are among more than a dozen NFL players ...

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NFL Concussion Rule Changes: Stricter Guidelines Go Into Effect This Week

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.25.2011

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NFL teams now have new, stricter instructions for when players should be allowed to return to games or practices after head injuries, guidelines that ...

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NFL Brain Study: League To Ask Players To Donate Brains

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.25.2011

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The NFL is partnering with Boston University brain researchers who have been critical of the league's stance on concussions, The Associated Press lear...

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NFL Concussions: Players Fear, Hide Brain Injuries

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 05.25.2011

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Washington Redskins kick returner Rock Cartwright remembers his brain "shaking like a bell" when he was walloped in a game against the New York Giants...

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NFL Concussion Restrictions To Expand, Report Says

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reportedly will expand restrictions on returning to games for players who sustain head trauma. Fox Sp...

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Football Broadcasts Reflect More Serious Tone on Concussions

New York Times | ALAN SCHWARZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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A little less crack! accompanies the televised collisions between National Football League behemoths these days. Players are tackling as hard as ever....

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NFL Acknowledges Long-Term Concussion Effects

New York Times | ALAN SCHWARZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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After weeks of transforming its approach to concussions and its research into their long-term effects among players, the N.F.L. not only announced Sun...

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NFL Concussion Expert Is Biased, Union Says

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The NFL Players Association wants the league to remove the co-chairman of the league's committee on concussions because the union bel...

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