Goodell Refuses To Admit The Link Between TBI and the NFL
When discussing the NFL and its connection with traumatic brain injury, it is often hard to go unbiased. If you love football before you hear about the research, you will…
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Helmets DO Protect Against Brain Injury, Just Not So Much In Football
When discussing football, it has been important to note the questionable effectiveness of helmets in stopping the onslaught of brain injuries for these professional athletes. This has lead to making…
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…
ReadThe State of Brain Injury in Racing
When one sport’s season ends, another begins. When football season ends, motor racing traditionally revs their engines and puts their motors in gear. Forgive the cliche puns, but I couldn’t…
ReadScientists Look For Physical Proof of “Invisible Injuries”
Two injuries are associated with veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan than any others. According to the New York Times, roughly a half a million veterans have been diagnosed with post-traumatic…
ReadScans Show Soldiers With TBI Have High Rate of Complication
It appears that U.S. military members who have endured a traumatic brain injury are likely to have complications such as narrowed blood vessels and increased pressure in the brain. This…
ReadVision Problem Rates Among TBI Patients Are Very High
Though they are one of the most common symptoms reported after a concussion, the vision problems associated with traumatic brain injury are still not well understood. We are just now…
ReadGoodell Says Head Injury Prevention Is NFL’s Highest Priority
With the explosion of news about traumatic brain injury, football, and everything connecting the two in the days leading to the Super Bowl, there has been a lot to get…
ReadNew Helmet Padding Systems Hope To Stem The Tide Of TBI
Despite all of the naysayers claiming that no form of padding or helmets will protect athletes and soldiers from traumatic brain injury, engineers are still toiling away every day trying…
ReadSanjay Gupta Explains Why We Need To Call Concussions a Brain Injury
Just because it is now officially the off-season for the NFL doesn’t mean the NFL’s woes are going away. The game is played by men who average 250 pounds, with…
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