“At Pop Warner there is nothing more important than the safety of our players and since 2010, we have led the way in making the game of youth football a safer and better experience than ever before,” the organization said. The settlement demonstrates how concerns about concussion-related brain damage have grown from the NFL to the youngest levels of football. Thousands of former professional …
A total of 87 out of 91 former NFL players have tested positive for the brain disease at the center of the debate over concussions in football, according to new figures from the nation’s largest brain bank focused on the study of traumatic head injury. Researchers with the Department of Veterans Affairs and Boston University have now identified the degenerative disease known as chronic …
It’s “Katrina II,” and he says he’ll fix it. Michigan’s Gov. Rick Snyder is taking (some of) the blame for the lead-contaminated drinking water that has led to brain damage and other health risks in children in parts of the urban community.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – The family of the late Steve Montador is suing the NHL over concussions and other brain injuries the defenceman suffered during his playing career. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. federal court, alleges that the league collected data on concussions as far back as 1997 but failed to warn Montador about the dangers. Montador died in February, and an autopsy showed the 35-year- …