This Thursday’s Congressional hearing on youth sports concussions will have an especially interesting witness: the mother of the University of Pennsylvania football player who committed suicide, and was found to be suffering from the same brain disease nearly two dozen pro…
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…
Female High School Athletes Describe The Lingering After Effects Of Their Concussions
Female high school athletes last week told a congressional committee about how the concussions they sustained playing sports changed their lives for the worse, as they continue to struggle to do tasks as simple as basic arithmetic. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/sports/football/21concussions.html The House Committee on Education and…