The Super Bowl: A Celebration Of Brain Injury
This weekend marks the biggest event in professional football, and maybe even all sports, for the entire year. The Super Bowl earns ratings Presidential Addresses envy, and ad space costs more than…
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Dr. Elizabeth Pieroth Explains How The NFL Handles TBI
There’s a lot of speculation about just how well the NFL is managing its players’ safety in the wake of very high profile traumatic brain injury research through the past…
ReadThe History Of TBI In The NFL
The NFL has been under attack because of the well documented number of brain injuries athletes are dealing with, and the long-term health problems that come from them. I’ve spoken…
ReadPresident Obama Expresses Concern About TBI in Football
You know traumatic brain injury has becomes a major topic when the President is commenting on it. President Obama was speaking to The New Republic magazine when he expressed concern…
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…
ReadFootball Players Are At A Higher Risk For Depression
Between the high profile suicides, lawsuits, and studies on brain injury, it isn’t very surprising that multiple studies have found that NFL players are at a possibly increased risk for…
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…
ReadFormer Browns Quarterback Speaks About New Treatment For Brain Injury
A former Cleveland Browns quarterback has been touting a recent treatment he has been receiving for the brain damage he suffered across 13 years playing in the NFL. Bernie Kosar…
ReadPennsylvania Doctor Speaks About The Mysteries of TBI
Despite all the literature on the topic, brain injury is still largely a mystery to the medical community, That is slowly changing thanks to Scientists like Douglas Smith, head of…
ReadFormer NFL Player Sues The League For Brain Injuries
While there have been plenty of doctors denouncing professional football as a dangerous sport, the only people to have spoken up from the NFL have maintained the sport is as…
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