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Original Technorati articles tagged “concussions”

• in Football
  Junior Seau’s Brain May AID PTSD Treatment
  Training To Be Tough May Conceal Signs Of PTSD
  by Mozart99 / on May 18, 2012
• in Football
  NFL Lockout Over - But Is the Real Issue Resolved?
  The NFL lockout might be almost over but when will they address the danger of head injuries?
  by jimewood / on Jul 24, 2011
• in Sports
  Rare Hockey Event Becoming More Common
  Is the plexi-glass that weak or is the game getting that much stronger?
  by hockeyempire / on Mar 31, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “concussions”

 

• The Worst Injury In Sports

  
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  By: PFC Blogger Chase Fitzgerald What would you say is the worst injury in sports? An ACL tear? A torn Achilles? Your tibia popping out of your leg? Well it’s not any of those. Those all heal. Even though the recovery may sometimes be up to a year or two, it eventually goes away. The [...]
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• In-Box: In-Box — Second-Guessing Derrick Rose’s Second-Guessers

  
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  Readers respond to recent articles in the Sports section of The New York Times.        
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• Safety Advocates Focus on Hidden Threats to Young Athletes

  
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  Concussions are drawing more attention, but some advocates are debating how to reduce preventable deaths from sudden cardiac arrest and heat stroke.        
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• Evan Weiner: NFL Job Audition Includes Making “Suicide Squad” Rather than Special Teams Squad

  
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  Posted with the express consent of Evan Weiner: . . THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS . BY EVAN WEINER COMMENTARY . The NFL job audition includes making the “suicide squad” rather than the special teams squad . May 11, 2013 Examiner . The National Football League is open for business again. Players are on [...]
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• IFV 2013: Life Inside the Real NFL Family

  
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  Brain concussions. CTE. Alcohol and drugs. Take these issues that have only recently become more openly discussed along with 101 more ingredients in family life and you have a very complicated recipe for making a family work (or not). Family life isn’t easy at times as it is but when you stir in all these [...]
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• Today’s Pointless Yarn: A Rude Awakening and an Odd Dream

  
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  Looks different but the drainage is still there I remember waking eager in anticipation one night. I think I was about twelve  at the time, and we were living in Southern California. A friend had invited me to go skateboarding at a local drainage ditch just out behind the Alpha Beta (about half way between Apple ...
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• IFV 2013: Pensions, Disability con’d: Latest Updates on Current Cases from John Hogan

  
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  The 10-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) is going into its third year. How has it worked out for you and your families? How will some of the most recent disability rulings affect future cases? And just how did that Legacy Fund work out for each of you? John Hogan has been advocating for a total [...]
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• Athlete’s Edge Series: New Research in Concussions

  
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  [caption id="attachment_566" align="alignright" width="350"] The two sports that have the highest incidence of concussions are American football and rugby.[/caption] New Research in Concussions Leads to Revised Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment In March, the American Academy of Neurology updated its guidelines ...
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• Holy Hell, This Is How Football Helmets Are Concussion Safety-Tested

  
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  In a new study published today in the Journal of Neurosurgery , a group of scientists proved, seemingly, that modern football helmets are better than old leather ones. Thanks, guys. What is more notable, however, is that this batshit crazy device is how the data was gathered. Read more...       ...
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• Community Service: It is Never Too Late to Start Helping

  
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  Here is an occasional review of my other doings.  While my family, my job and my training take most of my time, I am pleased to say good things continue to happen in my community service world. In foster care and related services, Our Kids of Miami-Dade , the lead agency for child welfare in Miami-Dade and Monroe ...
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• Lawmaker will give UIL chance to restrict “full contact” football practices

  
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  … In this Jan. 22, 1983, file photo, Dallas Cowboys Tony Dorsett takes a hard hit and fumbles the ball in first quarter of a game against the Washington Redskins. Dorsett is one of at least 300 former players suing the NFL claiming it pressured them to play with concussions and other injuries and then failed ...
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• IFV 2013: Workers Compensation and California Bill AB 1309

  
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  We wrapped Friday up with a discussion on Workers Compensation. Workmans Comp may be in for some serious changes shortly with Bill AB 1309 coming up for a vote in the California State capitol later this year. This bill will block professional athletes from filing Workers Compensation claims in the State of California ...
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• Concussion Fears Lead to Growth in Specialized Clinics for Young Athletes

  
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  Doctors are pleased that the dangers of concussions are receiving more attention, but they often see overreactions from parents alarmed by high-profile cases.        
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• IFV 2013: Your Basic Rights 101

  
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  Yakub Hazzard from Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi spent over an hour explaining and answering questions about basic visual rights, how they work and what others can – and can’t – do with them. This is the basic primer that neither the NFL nor the NFLPA nor your agent EVER wanted football players to ...
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• IFV 2013: NFL (Alumni) Now Promoting Drug Trials?

  
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  In the past week, we’ve been flooded with a large-scale press campaign from the long-quiet NFL Alumni about a new drug trial that has an incredible range of claims ranging from antidepressant benefits to new brain stem cell generation. The problem we noticed was that this is a completely new drug in its earliest ...
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• IFV 2013: Dr. Bennet Omalu on CTE and Football

  
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  Dr. Bennet Omalu was the first pathologist to uncover the presence of CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) in the brains of retired football players. It all started when Mike Webster’s body ended up on his examination table in Pittsburgh in 2002. As assistant coroner in Pittsburgh at the time, Dr. Omalu sought ...
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• IFV 2013: Update on NCAA Lawsuits & Eller vs NFLPA

  
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  Retired NFL player and practicing attorney Shawn Stuckey from Zelle Hoffman gave a brief overview of the current litigation against the NCAA as well as a history and update on the Eller vs NFLPA lawsuit. The NCAA suits are both interesting and important to follow as they have relevance to many of the current ongoing ...
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• IFV 2013: Concussion Lawsuit Panel

  
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  We kicked off the first day of our Conference with a great overview of the concussion lawsuits with two of the top attorneys in this litigation: Jason Luckasevic from Goldberg Persky White filed the first lawsuit against the NFL and was also to include Riddell in his filings. One of their two partners in the [...]
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• UIL moves to limit high school football practice time

  
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  They are doing it to limit the risk of concussion . Established in 2001, the University Interscholastic League’s Medical Advisory Committee has done its best to be proactive and stay ahead on issues. That’s been the case in requiring schools to have automated external defibrillators, dealing with ...
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• National Association of School Nurses Position Statement: Concussions – The Role of the School Nurse

  
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  NASN position statement: Concussions--the role of the school nurse. [No authors listed]. NASN Sch Nurse. 2013 Mar;28(2):110-1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23600095   Full text available for free online   The National Association of School Nurses has released a position statement outlining the ...
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