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Monday, December 28, 2015
No equipment can prevent concussion
Concussion: doctor who fought NFL says 'no equipment can prevent' such injuries
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015
$16 Million for Brain Research, but $0 from N.F.L. - The New York Times
$16 Million for Brain Research, but $0 from N.F.L. - The New York Times
by Ken Belson
by Ken Belson
Researchers at several universities and research institutes were awarded almost $16 million Tuesday to find a way to diagnose, while victims are alive, chronic traumaticencephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head hits in contact sports.
The National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke issued the seven-year grant as part of a long-term study of brain disease in former N.F.L. and college football players, many of whom sustained multiple concussions on the field.
Despite the implications that the research may have on football players and the N.F.L., no league money will be used to help pay for the grant.
For years, researchers have been able to diagnose C.T.E. only by examining the brains of players who died and whose families agreed to donate the organ, a limitation that has slowed efforts to determine who is susceptible to having the disease.
The new study, considered among the most ambitious in the field of sports-related brain injury, aims to develop ways to spot the disease in the living and figure out why certain players get it and others do not. A more comprehensive understanding of the disease, the researchers said, may lead to ways to prevent it.
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Illinois Attorney General Asks For Federal Probe After Shooting Of 17-Year-Old
Illinois Attorney General Asks For Federal Probe After Shooting Of 17-Year-Old
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether the Chicago Police Department's practices violate federal and constitutional law.
Madigan said Tuesday that the "shocking death" of Laquan McDonald, a black 17-year-old who was fatally shot by white police officer in 2014, raises serious questions about the use of lawful and excessive force. She says trust in the police department is "broken."
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Madigan noted four other high-profile cases in Chicago, including the death of 25-year-old Ronald Johnson, who was shot by police last year.
Madigan says an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division is "necessary and appropriate" because of its experiences looking into police department practices nationwide.
She says the handling of investigations of police misconduct by an independent panel, police board and superintendent also raises troubling questions.
Copyright 2015 The Associated Press
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate whether the Chicago Police Department's practices violate federal and constitutional law.
Madigan said Tuesday that the "shocking death" of Laquan McDonald, a black 17-year-old who was fatally shot by white police officer in 2014, raises serious questions about the use of lawful and excessive force. She says trust in the police department is "broken."
In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Madigan noted four other high-profile cases in Chicago, including the death of 25-year-old Ronald Johnson, who was shot by police last year.
Madigan says an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division is "necessary and appropriate" because of its experiences looking into police department practices nationwide.
She says the handling of investigations of police misconduct by an independent panel, police board and superintendent also raises troubling questions.
Copyright 2015 The Associated Press
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