Blast related TBI and Sports concussions: a pathway to CTE
The recent focus on sports-related concussions and the onset of CTE in the later years of athlete’s life continues to make us more aware of the long-term problems associated with…
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Sports Concussions: the evidence base for evaluation and management of concussions
We are becoming increasingly aware of sports concussions and the link between concussions and brain injuries. The retired NFL players who have come forward to speak about the long-term effects…
ReadDoctors Suggest Less Time Spent Healing From Mild TBI
With how much we’re finding out about traumatic brain injury all the time, including newly discovered links to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also known as CTE, it was only a matter…
ReadSub-Concussive Hits Are Causing Serious Brain Damage
It is no secret that the NFL has a brain injury problem. The issue has been covered by pretty much every major new source, and high profile deaths and suicides…
ReadWill This Year Be The Landmark Year Of Brain Science?
2013 is poised to be a landmark year for brain research. The last few years have brought brain injury to the forefront of public discussion as countless soldiers have returned…
ReadBoxing’s History With CTE
Boxing and brain injury go hand in hand. While chronic traumatic encephalopathy is just now becoming a serious part of the discussion of football and its safety, studies linking CTE…
ReadThe Issues With Trusting The Recent CTE Findings
Everyone interested in brain injury has been buzzing about the study saying abnormally high amounts of tau proteins related to chronic traumatic encephalopathy have been identified in living humans’ brains using…
ReadJunior Seau’s Family Files Suit Against The NFL
Junior Seau’s suicide last year has been regularly making headlines as it has been discovered that Seau had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease linked to repeated head trauma and can…
ReadUCLA Researchers Identify Protein Linked To CTE In Living Patients
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy has been making headlines ever since it was discovered that most of the brains submitted to brain banks by deceased NFL players showed signs of the disorder.…
ReadJunior Seau’s Brain Found To Have CTE After Suicide
Last year, former NFL veteran linebacker Junior Seau committed suicide. Just recently, his brain was examined and found to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition brought on by repeated…
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