Sensors Are a Good Brain Injury Tool, But They Aren’t Perfect
The New York Times published an article last Sunday profiling two new sensors that can help detect high impact hits to the head in athletes. It is one of many…
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Why Isn’t The MLB Protecting Pitchers From Brain Injury
When you think of baseball, most people don’t think about brain injuries. With high profile more violent sports like hockey and football, baseball seems incredibly innocent and peaceful, aside from…
ReadSummer Is a Popular Time For Brain Injuries
Summer is the most fun time of the year for many. Students are out enjoying the sun and freedom, parents are doing work around the home and garden, riding…
ReadWhat Do The Recent Concussion Guidelines Actually Say?
For parents, all of the talk about concussions in youth sports and new guidelines can be scary and confusing. But, good parents also want their kids to be active and…
ReadAn unbelievable theory about concussions
Randy Carlyle, the coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, put forward his theory on concussions that clearly falls into the “I can’t believe that he said that” category. We have…
ReadResearchers Find Aerobic Exercise Aids TBI Symptoms
New findings from an interdisciplinary team at the University of Buffalo may have a big impact for how we treat traumatic brain injury in the future. Currently, the main suggestion…
ReadOral Arguments in NFL Brain Injury Case Begin Tuesday
This week is an important one for the NFL and all of its future, current, and former players as a federal court in Philadelphia will decide whether the lawsuits by…
ReadIt’s Not Just the Boys: Sports Concussions
The topic of concussions in young athletes has been in the headlines lately, much of which has focused on preventing and recognizing the signs of concussion. Because concussions are so…
ReadThe Mayo Clinic Finds Physiological Response To Brain Injury
In the past few months it has been discovered that there are likely biomarkers in the blood signaling when a traumatic brain injury, there are new ways to identify brain…
ReadA Single Concussion and Lasting Effects
Of the 1.7 million individuals who have a brain injury each year, approximately 75% are categorized as “mild”. What we’ve come to discover is that the effects of these so-called…
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