Players Bring Lawsuit Against NFL For Wrongful Conduct In Concussion Management

I a long anticipated law suit, former professional football players filed a lawsuit against the National Football League (NFL) for…

Caps On Treatment For TBI Victims Under Medicaid Eliminated

Previously, people that sustained traumatic brain injury or concussive brain injury were limited to 20 visits per year for speech,…

HS Athletes At Risk For Concussion

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 4 million sports and recreation-related concussions occur each year. Experts…

Docs Seek To Better ID Concussions’ ‘invisible Injury’

It is hardly a comforting sight when an athlete’s body lies splayed and twisted on the field after an injury….

Are Concussions Part Of Football?

Former NFL quarterback Kurt Warner knows how it feels when a 250-pound defender is charging after him on the playing…

Vision Test To Diagnose Concussions?

For an injury that is largely invisible, it is no small irony that a new test to detect concussion involves…

Football Player’s Death Linked To Brain Disease From Concussions

Former NFL lineman Shane Dronett’s transformation from an affable prankster, quick to flash a wry smile, to a person who…

Concussion Preventing Football Helmet

Michael Vick will have new padding to protect him from all those crunching hits. Unequal Technologies, a provider of the…

NY Lawmakers Seeking To Protect Students From Concussions

New York legislative leaders are pushing new protections for student athletes who get concussions, immediately benching those who may have…

Brain Injuries Are Seen In New Scans Of Veterans

A new study may help explain why some military personnel exposed to blasts have symptoms of brain injury even though…