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By Paul Stone On January 18th, 2016
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington University School of Medicine have created a new class of small, naturally dissolving electronic sensors that could be revolutionary for…
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By Rolf Gainer On January 15th, 2016
In the movie “Concussion” Dr. Steven DeKosky portrayed by actor Eddie Marsan was referred to as “The Great DeKosky” by Dr. Ron Hamilton a Neuropathologist and colleague. DeKosky, a Behavioral…
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By Paul Stone On January 13th, 2016
This football season has seen more reported concussions than any season since Frontline began formally tracking NFL-related concussions in 2012, but many are taking this as good news. You might…
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By Paul Stone On January 11th, 2016
Awareness of CTE and the long-term consequences of repeated head trauma has been steadily rising as the NFL’s concussion crisis – and the accompanying Hollywood blockbuster about the crisis –…
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By Rolf Gainer On January 11th, 2016
Magomed “Mago”Abdusalamov, a former heavyweight boxer, traded punches with Mike Perez at Madison Square Garden in November of 2013. This fight, Mago’s 19th, was his last professional bout. Mago had…
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By Paul Stone On January 8th, 2016
A new study suggests concussion rates in youth hockey are in line with the injury risk associated with other high-contact sports, though many of the injuries may be the result…
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By Paul Stone On January 5th, 2016
Concussions in football have been in the headlines quite a bit lately thanks to the “concussion crisis” in football and the new movie starring Will Smith, however the latest news…
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By jasonmaddox On January 5th, 2016
In 2015 there were 166 concussions in the NFL. Frontline conducted a study of concussions in the NFL over recent years which demonstrated mounting numbers. The data is available by…
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By jasonmaddox On December 31st, 2015
Karl Ove Knausgaard, a Norwegian novelist, observed Henry Marsh, a British neurosurgeon and author of “Do No Harm”, perform several brain surgeries to remove tumors with awake patients in a…
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By Paul Stone On December 30th, 2015
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is considered the “signature injury” of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan due to the huge number of soldiers returning home with documented brain injuries. However,…
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