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Dave Duerson MCS Athletic Safety Fund will provide ImPACT for student athletes
(Apr 22, 2012)
DAVE DUERSON MCS ATHLETIC SAFETY FUND WILL PROVIDE IMPACT FOR STUDENT ATHLETES
MUNCIE -- Beginning next month, local student athletes will receive free testing that could have a big impact on their long-term health. Muncie Community Schools is offering a new concussion safety program, thanks to the Dave Duerson Muncie Community Schools Athletic Safety Fund. The fund, established in honor of the late NFL football player, will pay to initiate and maintain the...
www.upmc.com
(Feb 29, 2012)
UPMC RESEARCHERS FIND EARLY INDICATORS MAY PREDICT RECOVERY TIME FROM SPORTS CONCUSSIONS
UPMC Researchers Find Early Indicators May Predict Recovery Time From Sports Concussions PITTSBURGH, Feb. 27 – The unpredictable nature of concussions is one of the most frustrating factors to the millions of sufferers each year, but early neurological indicators and symptoms can predict a protracted healing time in certain cases, according to specialists at UPMC and the University of...
The Toronto Globe and Mail
(Aug 05, 2011)
CONCUSSION AWARENESS SPREADING IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Matt Vettoretti had a decision to make before the last game of his high-school football season. The Grade 11 receiver was feeling woozy the day after taking a big hit in practice. He had a terrible headache and a persisting feeling that he may vomit at any moment. It was game day, and a playoff spot was on the line, but as the day wore on, he knew he had to talk to his coach. Frank Rocca,...
SportingNews
(Sep 07, 2011)
FOUTS, FLUTIE TALK CONCUSSIONS, PROGRAM THAT TARGETS TEENS
Dan Fouts knows he’s suffered multiple concussions. Some he remembers, like the time he was knocked out in a game at Kansas City. “I went over to the sideline and they gave me the baseline test, which was holding up two fingers,” the Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback said. “And I guess that it was two because they always hold up two. So they say, ‘OK, you’re OK to go back...
TribLIVE News
(Sep 02, 2011)
SUDDEN IMPACT: THE GROWING ISSUE OF YOUTH CONCUSSIONS
Haley Branovan's brain is stirred up. She can't go to school at Culver Academy in Indiana or even send a text message without experiencing a headache, dizziness and nausea from a concussion she sustained while playing ice hockey. On this day, though, Branovan, 16, of Wexford finally receives positive news. "You will get better," Michael Collins, Ph.D., head of UPMC's Sports Concussion...
WTAE
(Aug 09, 2011)
BETTIS, DICK'S PUSH CONCUSSION TESTS FOR SCHOOL ATHLETES
ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Former Steelers running back Jerome Bettis is getting involved with a national program that was started in Pittsburgh to help prepare student-athletes for their upcoming season. View the video here. Channel 4 Action News' Michelle Wright reported that 47 percent -- nearly half...
The Kansas City Star
(Aug 02, 2011)
CONCUSSION PROGRAM AIMS TO TEST 1 MILLION KIDS
Jerome Bettis finds the numbers astounding. Nearly 3.8 million youngsters had concussions last year while taking part in sports and recreation. Bettis, a former star running back, is plenty familiar with concussions during a 13-year NFL career. He says he had "three or four that I could say were a problem." Now the player known as "The Bus" wants those young athletes to have the same sort...
Expected concussion recovery time is matter of guesswork
(Mar 05, 2012)
EXPECTED CONCUSSION RECOVERY TIME IS MATTER OF GUESSWORK
When is it safe for an athlete who's suffered a concussion to return to the sport? The answer varies widely, depending chiefly upon the seriousness of the injury, but also on the biochemistry and medical history of the athlete. About 40 percent of the high school football players treated by UPMC's Sports Medicine Concussion Program recover in a week. But 20 percent take more than a month --...
KALW 91.7 - City Vision Radio
(Jan 18, 2012)
KALW 91.7 - CITY VISION RADIO
Check out the discussion on concussions from KALW 91.7 in San Fransisco. Joining the discussion are Dr. Cindy Chang and Dr. Eric Freitag. ...
Make an Impact by Benching Concussions- Ali Krieger, US Soccer Star
(Sep 19, 2011)
MAKE AN IMPACT BY BENCHING CONCUSSIONS
Athletic Business
(Jan 12, 2011)
BASELINE TESTING FOR CONCUSSIONS GAINS POPULARITY
By Catherine Liewen Nathan Stiles, a senior football player at Spring Hill (Kan.) High School, was playing an epic game against Osawatomie High on a Thursday night last October. He already had 65- and 18-yard touchdown runs when he came out of the game after being tackled near the sideline just before halftime. Stiles walked over to the bench, complaining of severe head pain. He sat down,...
New York Times
(Aug 15, 2011)
SPORTING GOODS CHAIN SUPPORTS CONCUSSION TESTING IN SCHOOLS
IN a new commercial for Dick’s Sporting Goods, Jerome Bettis, the former Pittsburgh Steelers star, strolls through one of the retailer’s stores, but Mr. Bettis never gets around to promoting equipment, clothing or footwear. The spot opens with Mr. Bettis, a running back whose habit of carrying defenders on his back as he charged down the field earned him the nickname the Bus, picking up a...
NBC LA
(Aug 04, 2011)
KIDS, SPORTS AND CONCUSSIONS
Fall season sports are about to begin and there is an increased amount of concussions and other brain injuries. A new program called Protecting Athletes Through Concussion Education was created to increase awareness by testing kids on a computer that measures memory and reaction time. Nick Norton from Dick's Sporting Goods and Dr. David Lechuga join Chuck Henry on Nonstop News LA to talk about...
Pittsburgh Businesstimes
(Aug 02, 2011)
DICK'S SPORTING GOODS, JEROME BETTIS RAISE AWARENESS ON CONCUSSIONS
When Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh Steelers Latest from The Business Journals Slideshow: Remembering Redskins' quarterbacksPittsburgh building owner woos HollywoodWill Asomugha and other moves improve Eagles jersey sales, too? Follow this company legend Jerome Bettis was coming up in football, getting a concussion often wasn't considered a serious injury. "They were viewed as an...
Study: Concussed athletes return to play too soon
(Mar 05, 2012)
STUDY: CONCUSSED ATHLETES RETURN TO PLAY TOO SOON
Of 14,635 high school sports injuries reported during the 2008-10 school years, 1,936 (13.2 percent) were concussions, according to an epidemiological study published in January in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. This was nearly twice the rate reported in earlier studies of high school athletes. The increase isn't as great as it seems. The earlier studies didn't include boys' ice...
Sports Illustrated
(Dec 14, 2011)
NHL SUFFERING LOSS OF CROSBY, GIROUX
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Sidney Crosby and Claude Giroux should have been intertwined this season as two of the NHL's brightest stars, competing for state supremacy, an MVP trophy and a Stanley Cup. Yet, Crosby and Giroux were linked in back-to-back days this week for all the wrong reasons: Head injuries that have put their careers on hold. HACKEL: Concussion problem is entrenched Crosby,...
Advocates for Injured Athletes
(Sep 09, 2011)
THE IMPORTANCE OF CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS
Auborn Journal
(Aug 28, 2011)
CONCUSSIONS CREATE CAUSE FOR CONCERN
"Your thinking is fuzzy. Your vision is fuzzy. It's almost like coming out of anesthesia," recalls Mike Lamb about sustaining concussions during his football career. Lamb played college football at the University of Southern California and is all too familiar with the devastation some hits can cause. His son, Logan Lamb, a senior at Del Oro High School, also plays football. Lamb has paid...
CNN
(Aug 11, 2011)
BETTIS CONCUSSION SOLUTION FOR YOUTH
Jerome Bettis has a new project he's working on for youth dealing with concussions. Watch the video on CNN: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports/2011/08/11/jerome.bettis.new.project.cnn?iref=allsearch ...
CBS Philly
(Aug 04, 2011)
FORMER EAGLE BRIAN MITCHELL & PACE
Click on the link at the bottom of the page to watch the video....