Neurotrauma
Mom’s concussion leads writer to research in neuroscience
When Meehan Crist was younger, her mother had a concussion. It changed her mother’s life, so much so that sometimes she’d walk into a room and not remember where she was. When Crist found out what happened, it sent her on a journey of trying to understand more about the brain.
Harvard to Conduct $100 Million Study to Make Football Safer
In recent years a lot of attention has been focused on the health risks that N.F.L. players face, especially with concussions and brain injuries, but the range of health problems that current and former players experience are far more extensive. Now the union representing N.F.L. players has chosen Harvard University to lead a $100 million […]
NFL Season Starts With Class Action Lawsuit
It almost didn’t happen, but there will indeed be an NFL season this year. It all begins in just a few weeks but already, the season may be off to a rocky start. Seven former players have filed a lawsuit against the NFL, claiming the league fails to properly treat them for concussions and deliberately trying to […]
Is Shaken Baby Syndrome Real?
Melonie Ware was a daycare provider in Georgia who was sentenced to life in prison for shaking a nine-month-old baby to death in 2004. But in a 2009 retrial, a court declared that the medical examiner’s findings were insufficient, concluding that the baby most likely died because complications due to sickle-cell anemia, and acquitted Ware. […]