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Concussion
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Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
12 Athletes Leaving Brains to Concussion Study
With the recent and overwhelming reports of the severe brain trauma suffered, and more often ignored, by members of the National Football League, researchers at Boston University's School of Medicine…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
Sports-Related Concussions Increase in America’s Youth
I have written several times in the past on the devastating effects of sport related concussions in children. More and more the injuries are being pushed aside in order to…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
Baseline Cognitive Testing For High School Athletics
In February 2006, the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey announced the availability of grant funds for New Jersey high schools to implement computerized preseason baseline and concussion management for…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
Sports and Recreation Related Concussions
"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an estimated 1.6 to 3.8 million sports-and recreation-related concussions occur in the United States each year, including those for which no…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
What Was Georgia Tech Thinking?
At the end of the first half of the Georgia Tech-Duke basketball game, point guard Matt Causey violently collided with Duke's point guard Greg Paulus. Causey was knocked to the…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
Concussions Put College Players in Murky World
I found a very interesting article in last week's New York Times addressing the recent rise in brain injuries in college football. Three major injuries across the country at various…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
10 Myths of Brain Injuries – Myth 2
In an article written 10 years ago in the journal Neurology, James Kelly and Jay Rosenberg noted that more than 30 years of earlier the then-Congress of Neurological Surgeons concluded…
D.C. Medical Malpractice Blog
Girls Are Often Neglected Victims of Concussions
According to a study soon to be published in the Journal of Athletic Training, girls sustained concussions 68 percent more often than boys while playing high school soccer, and, in…
Real Lawyers Have Blogs
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 9/19/07
By Rob La Gatta
We've got content featured today from around the LexBlogosphere, covering issues from wrestlers to book promotions to 9/11.The conversation occurring on September 19, 2007 includes: "Integrative medicine: legally defensible, ethically…
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
Brain Study: Concussions Caused Benoit’s Rage
Researchers at West Virginia University and the Sports Legacy Institute have started to test a sample of former pro-wrestler Chris Beniot's brain in order to better understand why Beniot killed…