concussion

New NFL concussion scandal: Is this the end of American football as a popular youth sport?

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football_concussionsIn NFL, Deeply Flawed Con­cus­sion Research and Ties to Big Tobac­co (The New York Times):

“Now, an inves­ti­ga­tion by The New York Times has found that the N.F.L.‘s con­cus­sion research was far more flawed than pre­vi­ous­ly known [Read more…] about New NFL con­cus­sion scan­dal: Is this the end of Amer­i­can foot­ball as a pop­u­lar youth sport?

Controversy brewing around the NFL, concussions, research funding and conflicts of interest

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dementia_pet_imagingThe NFL Needs Dis­tance From Its Brain-Injury Fund­ing (The Wall Street Journal):

“Despite its immense pop­u­lar­i­ty among spec­ta­tors and play­ers, foot­ball is fac­ing an exis­ten­tial threat due to the long-term health risks pre­sent­ed by repet­i­tive injuries to the head. A new dis­ease has even been asso­ci­at­ed with these injuries—chronic trau­mat­ic encephalopa­thy, or CTE, the sub­ject of [Read more…] about Con­tro­ver­sy brew­ing around the NFL, con­cus­sions, research fund­ing and con­flicts of interest

New in soccer: Improving concussion awareness via sensing “impact headbands”

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High-tech head­band boosts con­cus­sion detec­tion (CBS News):

“Tech­nol­o­gy has made it pos­si­ble for play­ers to keep track of how cer­tain hits are impact­ing their brains before a con­cus­sion takes them out of the game completely.

In 2013, (USA for­ward Abby) Wambach [Read more…] about New in soc­cer: Improv­ing con­cus­sion aware­ness via sens­ing “impact headbands”

Study: Sports-related concussions can impact academic performance, especially in high school

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Con­cus­sions Are Hav­ing An Alarm­ing Impact On The Aca­d­e­mics Of Stu­dents (Reuters):

“Stud­ies in the last five years have focused large­ly on the ath­let­ic side of the equa­tion — “tak­ing them off the field, not putting them back on the field with symp­toms, but this is real­ly look­ing at the stu­dent side of the equa­tion,” said [Read more…] about Study: Sports-relat­ed con­cus­sions can impact aca­d­e­m­ic per­for­mance, espe­cial­ly in high school

Brain health, and concussions, start to receive due attention

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Invest­ing in brain health (CNBC):

“No more than 10 years ago, I played for a league where I felt the pres­sures both inter­nal­ly and exter­nal­ly to return to the field and keep play­ing no mat­ter what. The words “con­cus­sion” and “TBI” (trau­mat­ic brain injury) were not fre­quent­ly used [Read more…] about Brain health, and con­cus­sions, start to receive due attention

Trend: Software-based assessments of memory & cognition to detect concussions after head trauma

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X2 Bio’s Soft­ware Helped The Sea­hawks Make The Right Call Eval­u­at­ing Cliff Avril In The Super Bowl (Forbes):

“Sea­hawks defen­sive end Cliff Avril lay motion­less on the field tonight in the Super Bowl, after a bru­tal blow to the head and body in the third quarter.

The good news is that [Read more…] about Trend: Soft­ware-based assess­ments of mem­o­ry & cog­ni­tion to detect con­cus­sions after head trauma