Head Injuries

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Big Hits, Broken Dreams

Dr. Sanjay Gupta | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Concussions, Nfl Brain Concussion, NFL Concussions, Sanjay Gupta, Head Injuries, Head Injury, College Football, NFL Head Injuries, Video, Sports News

I love the game of football. I went to a Big Ten school, and my wife and I still return to our alma mater for games. But the game can and should be safer.

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Fort Carson Focusing On Brain Injury Detection

AP | DAN ELLIOTT | Posted 10.14.2011

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FORT CARSON, Colo. — A group of infantry just back from Afghanistan sat down before computers at Fort Carson and began answering a series of que...

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NFL Players Discuss Head Injuries, Mental Health Stigma

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Health, Head Injuries, Head Injury Symptoms, Head Injury Concussion, Head Injury Treatment, Head Injury Guidelines, Signs of Head Injury, Home News

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — WNBA superstar Chamique Holdsclaw once sat silently in her apartment with the blinds closed, refusing to answer telephone c...

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As Awareness Increases, Solutions Near for Football's Concussion Issue

Stephen Montemayor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Head Injuries, College Football Concussions, Concussions, National Football League, College Football, NFL Head Injuries, Sports News

What we don't know can hurt us, sometimes fatally. So it is encouraging to see a continued increase in dialogue on concussions in football.

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Boise State and Post-Traumatic Field Goal Syndrome

Gordon Marino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nevada, Head Injuries, Bcs, Chris Petersen, Rose Bowl 2010, College Football, Rankings, Boise State Football, Rose Bowl, Sports News

Last night, the football fates put an end to the Boise's BCS dreams. And justified or not, it all seemed to fall on the back of one young man with the number 35 on his jersey.

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Why Motorcyle And Bicycle Helmets Should Be Mandatory

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Head Injury Risks, Head Injuries, Head Injury Treatment, Motorcycle Head Injuries, Head Injury in Children, Head Injury Concusion, Head Injury Costs, Health, Home News

We know that bicycle helmets reduce serious traumatic brain injuries by 95 percent, yet fewer than 35 percent of all cyclists wear helmets all of the time.

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Football Players as Battering Rams

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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I am constantly disappointed that for all the biomedical and neurological research identifying the dangers to athletes when they charge head first at one another, there has not been a coordinated effort response to remedy. Where is the public outcry?

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School of Hard Knocks: The Day Our Daughter Learned an Important Lesson in Assertiveness

Tina Traster | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Head Injuries, Gym Teachers, Children, Authority, Parents, Soccer Balls, Parenting, Healthy Living News

I was distressed that my daughter was put in the compromised position of not knowing whom to obey: her teacher or her parents.

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Con Games: Football Playing Head Games

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Football Helmets, Head Trauma, Nfl, Nfl-Head-Trauma, Football, Conscussions, Sports, Head Injuries, Sports Injuries, NFL Head Injuries, New York Jets, Sports News

Football on the pro and the collegiate level is on the brink of a catastrophe that you can see coming a mile away: somebody is going to die. Don't you think it might help if helmets wouldn't fall off?

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Head Games And Youth Sports: Have We Gone Too Far?

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Youth-Sports-Violence, Youth-Hockey, Youth-Sports-Concussions, Head Injuries, NFL Dementia, Sports Injuries, NFL Head Injuries, Dementia Prevention, Health, Healthy Living News

We have to ask, what is the risk of letting our children participate in contact sports and what can be done to protect them?

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Pop Warner Football And Head Injuries

Sheila Lirio Marcelo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sports, Head Injuries, Child Care, Football, Safety, Childhood Development, Pop Warner, Concussions, Parenting, Health, Healthy Living News

Sports can be such a key component to a child's development. We're big supporters of that. But as parents, we're also concerned about the safety of both our boys.

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A Mother Plays Monday Morning Quarterback

Elizabeth Donoghue | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Motherhood, Concussions, Football, Kids Playing Football, Parenting, Head Injuries, Sports Medicine, Healthy Living News

Last week, my ten-year-old son, Mikey, suffered a concussion in third game of his first season of tackle football. I'm in a quandary: do I end tackle football now and forever, or let him play?

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A Shock to the Brain

Lee Woodruff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Head Injuries, Lee Woodruff, Bob Woodruff, Natasha Richardson Head Injury, Bob Woodruff Iraq, Natasha Richardson, Healthy Living News

The odd juxtaposition between Bob's near-death blast from a roadside bomb and his subsequent recovery against a Mom's simple fall on a bunny slope resulting in death is the very thing that makes brain injury so hard to comprehend.

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If a Simple Mouthguard Can Prevent Concussions, Why Isn't the NFL All Over It?

Paula Duffy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roger Goodell, Head Injuries, Nfl, Football, Mouthguards, Nhl, Concussions, Concussions Nfl, Concussion Prevention, Entertainment News

While a concussion policy in the league has been instituted to prevent players from being forced back onto the field without regard to their health, prevention seems to be the solution in the long run.

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