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July 12, 2012

10 H.S. Football Players Suspended For Unsuspectingly Taking Banned Substance

Superior Telegram (Wis.), Pamela Powers and Jon Swedienhttp://www.superiortelegram.com/event/article/id/68064/group/Sports/MENOMONIE -- The suspensions given to Menomonie High School football players this week should serve as a warning to others to b...


July 3, 2012

Athlete Deaths In Workouts Lead To Changes

The Associated Presshttp://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/athletes-deaths-in-workouts-prompt-new-guidelines/2012/07/02/gJQAT5bPKW_story.htmlThe most dangerous time for amateur athletes may not be during the heat of the game or even in...


June 25, 2012

New Baseline Program Aims To Help Diagnosis, Treatment Of Youth Athlete Concussions

HealthReach Rehabilitation Services in Brookfield is now offering comprehensive baseline testing that could help physicians properly treat young athletes after a concussion.The service, for individual youth athletes as well as youth teams, addresses ...


June 19, 2012

Big Ten, Ivy League To Study Head Injuries

Big Ten Networkhttp://btn.com/2012/06/19/big-ten-ivy-league-to-study-head-injuries-in-sports/The Big Ten Conference and the Ivy League, in conjunction with the Big Ten Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), have announced plans to engage in a ...


June 13, 2012

Ohio House To Vote On Concussion Bill

Springfield News Sun, Laura A. Bischoffhttp://www.springfieldnewssun.com/springfield-oh-sports/high-school-sports/concussion-bill-may-sideline-injured-athletes-in-ohio-1390300.htmlCOLUMBUS – Coaches and referees will be required to pull young a...


May 3, 2012

Virginia Tech Releases Football-Helmet Safety Ratings For 2012

http://www.sbes.vt.edu/nid.phpVirginia Tech Helmet Ratings™Adult Football Helmet Ratings - May 2012A total of 15 adult football helmet models that have been evaluated using the STAR evaluation system are included in the May 2012 Virginia Tech Helmet...


April 24, 2012

A History & Report About Protection Of The Skull And Brain By Reduction Of Velocity Forces To The TMJ

Brain Pad Inc., (“BPI”) originally founded in 1995 by a Dental Surgeon in Philadelphia whose client list included professional boxers, has been protecting athletes, first in combat arts and then in helmeted sports, for over 16 years; havi...


February 9, 2012

N.C. H.S. Football Players Must Sit 1 Play If Helmet Pops Off

Charlotte Observerhttp://prepinsiders.blogspot.com/2012/02/prep-football-players-must-sit-one-play.htmlBeginning next fall, when a high school football player’s helmet comes off while the ball is live, he’ll be required to sit out at leas...