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Public Brain Health vs. Private Brain Research Funds: How the NFL tried to influence NIH studies

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How the NFL tried to manip­u­late a gov­ern­ment study on foot­ball and brain injuries (Los Ange­les Times):

“The Nation­al Insti­tutes of Health seems to have dis­cov­ered what com­mu­ni­ties across the land already know: The Nation­al Foot­ball League is an untrust­wor­thy partner.

Accord­ing to a report [Read more…] about Pub­lic Brain Health vs. Pri­vate Brain Research Funds: How the NFL tried to influ­ence NIH studies

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

NFL donates $30 million to improve concussion & brain injury care

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NFL donates $30 mil­lion to Nation­al Insti­tutes of Health (press release):

“The Nation­al Foot­ball League will pro­vide $30 mil­lion in fund­ing for med­ical research to the Foun­da­tion for the Nation­al Insti­tutes of Health (FNIH), NFL Com­mis­sion­er Roger Good­ell announced today [Read more…] about NFL donates $30 mil­lion to improve con­cus­sion & brain injury care