Here’s a vexing question raised by a study released this week: Did Lou Gehrig really have Lou Gehrig’s Disease? The research essentially links brain injuries — concussions and brain trauma — to a disease than can be mistaken for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s…
Army Report Blames Skyrocketing Soldier Suicides On Drug And Alcohol Abuse, Lax Oversight
In the case of the U.S. military, tragically the enemy is often ourselves, according to an Army report released Thursday. http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/07/28/42934-army-health-promotion-risk-reduction-and-suicide-prevention-report/index.html The startling report found that increased drug and alcohol abuse among soldiers is contributing to a skyrocketing suicide rate…
NFL Officials Discuss Ways To Get Players To Admit To Having Concussions
Pro football players have been their own worse enemy regarding concussions, since their macho culture is to downplay head injuries, in part because they want to stay off the bench and keep their gigs. But at a conference Wednesday, the new co-chairmen of…
Medical Experts And NFL Officials Gather For Conference On Brain Injury
Representatives of all 32 National Football League teams gathered in Washington today, Wednesday, to attend a conference on brain injury and hear its recommendations. The teams’ medical officials were in town for a medical forum on the diagnosis and treatment of brain injuries that was conducted by John Hopkins…
NFL Commissioner Goodell Asks 44 Governors To Pass Youth Concussion Laws
National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell last week sent letters to the governors of 44 states imploring them to pass laws, like the one in Washington state, that protect young student athletes who suffer concussions. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvOCfeO2dM98z2jlCj7eqv0lDfUwD9FSM7OO2 Goodell’s letter, according to the…
More on Roethlisberger, TBI and the Criminal Law
More on Roethlisberger and brain damage? I am not really talking about Roethlisberger anymore. Roethlisberger’s behavior issues, the potential that they could be neurobehavioral issues, got people interested in the topic. But on the spectrum of severe neurobehavioral concerns, a…
No Twelve Step Program for Brain Injury Rehabilitation
While we don’t know the details, we certainly know that two of our country’s finest and most famous athletes have made public apologies for sexual interactions with women – Tiger Woods and Ben Roethlisberger. On another of our blogs yesterday,…
University of Kentucky’s Lentz Gives Up Football Career Because of Concussions
Maybe the danger of Traumatic Brain Injury is finally sinking in with student athletes. On Wednesday it was announced that University of Kentucky safety Matt Lentz is abandoning his football career because of concussions. http://www.wkyt.com/wymtsports/headlines/89627587.html The news was announced by…
New Phone Apps Aim To Thwart Drivers On Cellphones, While Oprah Asks for ‘No Phone Zone’ Pledges
Perhaps there is a way to make motorists drop their cellphones when they are driving. At least a dozen startup companies have come up with phone apps that aim to remind drivers not to get on the phone when driving,…