By admin on December 14, 2010
By ALAN SCHWARZ
Originally Published in The New York Times: December 11, 2010
The former N.F.L. player Cris Collinsworth, left, with Bob Costas, has become a critic of illegal tackling in the N.F.L.
As Jameel McClain was going through Heath Miller’s head, other things went through Cris Collinsworth’s.
Collinsworth gasped along with many of his 22 million “Sunday Night [...]
Posted in Uncategorized
By admin on August 10, 2010
By ALAN SCHWARZ
Originally Published: July 26, 2010
The National Football League is producing a poster that bluntly alerts its players to the long-term effects of concussions, using words like “depression” and “early onset of dementia” that those close to the issue described as both staggering and overdue.
The poster, soon to be hung in locker rooms leaguewide, [...]
Posted in Head Injuries
By Neuroclinic on August 3, 2010
Written by David Wharton
Originally posted July 31, 2010
Baseline computer testing is done for high school football players to help determine when they can return from a head injury.
Anaheim Servite linebacker Matt Inman takes part in a baseline testing program designed to help determine whether athletes are suffering from a concussion after being injured. (Allen J. [...]
Posted in Concussion, Head Injuries
By Neuroclinic on July 3, 2010
Originally published By Madison Park, CNN
July 2, 2010 8:28 a.m. EDT
CTE is also known as dementia pugilistica, because career boxers who’ve suffered repeated blows to the head have been known to develop the syndrome. Sudden stops and collisions can cause the brain to slosh inside the skull.
Its effects are mainly neurobehavioral. These symptoms include poor [...]
Posted in Head Injuries
By Neuroclinic on June 28, 2010
Originally published June 02, 2010 in the California Chronicle
SACRAMENTO – On a 21-13 bipartisan vote, the California Senate today approved legislation to safeguard children who enjoy California´s alpine sports: skiing and snowboarding. SB 880, authored by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), would require all children under age 18 to wear helmets while skiing and snowboarding. [...]
Posted in SB 880
By Neuroclinic on May 28, 2010
Written By ALAN SCHWARZ, New York Times
In what could have been a fresh start for the N.F.L.’s committee on head injuries, its two new co-chairmen, making their first official remarks on concussions before a House Judiciary Committee panel on Monday in Manhattan, were heatedly rebuked by lawmakers for sounding “like the same old N.F.L.”
That characterization [...]
Posted in Head Injuries
By Neuroclinic on May 8, 2010
Dr. Phil introduces neuropsychologist and former president of California Psychological Association, Dr. David Lechuga and former pro snowboarder Jason Brown.
Dr. Lechuga deals with closed-head injuries on a daily basis. “I’ve seen what happens when people do have good safety equipment and what happens when they do not. There’s a dramatic difference in their outcome,” he [...]
Posted in SB 880
By Neuroclinic on May 5, 2010
Senate Bill 880 is sponsored by Senator and psychologist Dr. Leland Yee. The bill mandates use of a helmet by skiers and snowboarders under the age of 18. The impetus of the bill comes from my own clinical practice. I have seen a distinct difference in the clinical outcomes of patients that wore or did [...]
Posted in SB 880
By Neuroclinic on April 26, 2010
By RONI CARYN RABIN
Originally Published: May 13, 2008
AMERICANS may worry about heart disease, stroke and diabetes, but they downright dread Alzheimer’s disease, a recent survey found.
For good reason. One in eight adults over 65 is affected by the disease. Those who are spared know they may end up with the burden of caring [...]
Posted in Head Injuries
