All posts tagged 'NFL Congressional hearings'

NFL Vet Kyle Turley Crusades for Concussion Help for Players

Posted on June 13th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Showing Signs of Brain Damage Motivates Turley Former Kansas City Chief Kyle Turley was the Ben Roethlisberger of his day. After sustaining several bad concussions playing, Turley began having what you could call anger-management issues and acted erratically. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/09/18/kyle-turley-experiencing-potentially-serious-brain-issues/ He will always be remembered as the player involved in the infamous..
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Congress Skewers College Football For Lenient Concussion Guidelines

Posted on February 2nd, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

A member of the House Judiciary Committee Monday blasted the Southeastern Conference and the Big 12 over their policies regarding student athletes and concussions, according to the Associated Press. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/sports/football/02concussions.html Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., levied the criticism during a hearing in Houston on head injuries and college football. Specifically, Cohen..
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NFL TBI Hearings – Neurologist Joseph Maroon of Pittsburg Testimony

Posted on January 13th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Among those testifying at Congressional hearings on the NFL and Concussion was Joseph Maroon, M.D., of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The hearings were held in Detroit on January 4, 2010. Maroon is also the Team Neurosurgeon, The Pittsburgh Steelers and has been on..
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Congress’s NFL Hearings – Benson Testifies about Neuroimaging Advances

Posted on January 8th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Dr. Randall Benson on Diffusion Tensor Imaging In my search for the holy grail of objective proof of brain damage in those with Post Concussion Syndrome, I try to stay as current as possible on neuroimaging advances. Yesterday I focused on Dr. Randall Benson’s testimony with respect to Susceptibility Weight..
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Congress NFL Hearings: Dr. Benson on Susceptibility Weighted Imaging

Posted on January 7th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

Randall Benson, M.D. on Neuroimaging Advances – SWI As I have stated here and elsewhere, diagnosing accidental concussions involves reconstructed evidence and the reliance on history from someone who likely has memory problems as to what happened, because they were concussed. In contrast to football or boxing concussions, real world..
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Congress NFL Hearings – Dr. Benson Testifies on Neuroimaging Advances

Posted on January 6th, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

I began my treatment of the Congressional hearings on the long term brain damage of concussion in the NFL yesterday at my Brain Injury Lawyer Blog – http://www.waiting.com/blog/2010/01/nfl-concussion-hearings-in-congress.html I will continue that discussion on this blog for the next several blogs, as I tackled an even more important topic at..
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