Archive for the ‘Concussion’ Category


This is Your Brain on Hockey…Concussions from the Rink

Concussions remain mostly a mystery. But the human lab that is the NHL makes this much clear – the human brain can only absorb so much pounding. The Toronto Star’s Randy Starkman has some compelling stories on this topic in the Sunday, Dec. 23 and Monday, Dec. 24 editions of the Toronto Star. Video Rating: [...]

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Portland Pirates Choose Maine Orthopedic Sports Medicine Practice as Team Physicians

 xml:lang=”en” lang=”en” xmlns=” http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> Portland Pirates Choose Maine Orthopedic Sports Medicine Practice as Team Physicians Portland, ME (PRWEB) October 12, 2010 OA Centers for Orthopaedics today announced that the Portland Pirates has selected OA as their Team Physicians for the [...]

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Concussions Kept Secret are Killing Teenagers

by House Committee on Education and the Workforce Dem Concussions Kept Secret are Killing Teenagers Free Online Articles Directory Why Submit Articles? Top Authors Top Articles FAQ ABAnswers Publish Article 0 && $ .browser.msie ) { var ie_version = parseInt($ .browser.version); if(ie_version Login Login via Register Hello My Home Sign Out Email Password Remember me? [...]

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The Nfl And Concussions

by pullip_junk In recent years the NFL has had pressure to conduct experiments to find out the long-term effects of concussions.  In the past few weeks the NFL announced that it would finally support research to find out what these effects might be, and finally admitted that there may be some serious consequences to these [...]

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The MRSA Danger & Congress Considers Legislation To Protect Athletes From Concussions

There has been a lot of congressional talk lately about the importance of concussion protection for athletes, especially at scholar level [university teams, for example]. Student athletes are at high-risk of sustaining irreparable damages following concussions and high energy head impact, as stated in this article from the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/sports/football/24concussion.html?_r=3 . Many student [...]

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