Posts Tagged ‘NFL’
Public Brain Health vs. Private Brain Research Funds: How the NFL tried to influence NIH studies
——- 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 MoreNew NFL concussion scandal: Is this the end of American football as a popular youth sport?
In 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 MoreControversy brewing around the NFL, concussions, research funding and conflicts of interest
The 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 MoreNFL donates $30 million to improve concussion & brain injury care
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
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