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Regulation wins a cheering section

Source: Chicago Tribune, Dec 10 2012, 12:36pm CST

When Madeline "Maddie" Dardanes was a varsity cheerleader at Barrington High School, she suffered a torn ligament in her knee during a routine — and tumbled into a growing statistic that is getting more attention from doctors and safet ...

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19 hours ago

Head injury (continued)

Source: GulfToday.ae  |   May 22 2013, 3:27pm CDT

Head injuries are potentially serious injuries requiring more than usual care because of the possibility of damage to the brain. Head injuries are usually accidental, often from motor vehicular accidents in this ...

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1 day ago

WWE to donate $1.2 million to Chris Nowinski's Sports Legacy Institute

Source: Cageside Seats  |   May 21 2013, 7:03pm CDT

In the latest sign that WWE are taking the concussion issue extremely seriously, the company have donated a whopping $1.2 million to Chris Nowinski's Sports Legacy Institute in order to help fund research into Chronic Traumatic Encephalo ...

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23 weeks ago


Quote:
"All states need to get on board"


Source: Chicago Tribune

 

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1 day ago

Orinda: Updated approach to brain trauma, reporting culture needed

Source: Inside Bay Area  |   May 21 2013, 10:49am CDT

started this because we found coaches, athletes, parents and even care providers were mishandling these cases," Freitag said, in comments before the May 9 presentation. ORINDA -- Former UC Berkeley Golden Bear and San Francisco 49er Ben Lynch can't reca ...

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2 days ago

Why Cross Country is the Toughest, Nerdiest Sport

Source: Fansided  |   May 21 2013, 6:54am CDT

Dec 8, 2012; San Diego, CA, USA; Sean McGorty (61) , Jacob Thomson (64) and Nicholas Raymond (73) lead the boys race in the 2012 Foot Locker cross country championships at Morley Field. Ed Cheserek (61) won in 14:59. Mandato ...

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2 days ago

Illinois girls basketball chronicled

Source: Herald & Review  |   May 20 2013, 6:49pm CDT

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — Springfield's Alma Uphoff Liebman used a mocking tone to describe early girls basketball regulations in Illinois. In the years before Title IX and before the Illinois High School Association allowed girls to c ...

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3 days ago

Sports-related concussions tied to brain disease

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal | LVRJ.com  |   May 19 2013, 7:42pm CDT

New evidence is rapidly unfolding linking repetitive blows to the head obtained in some contact sports to a fatal condition identified as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly referred to as CTE. These contact sports inclu ...

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5 days ago

Multiple Head Injuries Increases Suicide Risk In Military Personnel

Source: RedOrbit  |   May 18 2013, 12:23am CDT

Military service personnel who suffer at least two mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are far more likely to commit suicide or have suicidal thoughts than those who have one or fewer such injuries, according to research published online Wednesday in ...

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6 days ago

NHL facing accusations of negligence in brain injury suit

Source: FindLaw: Attorney Blog  |   May 16 2013, 11:48am CDT

We have written several times in the past about the dangers associated with contact sports and the risk of concussions and traumatic brain injuries. In recent years, this has been a growing concern as professional athletes speak ...

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