Goodbye to All That
Junior Seau had CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease known to afflict individuals who have sustained repeated head injuries over time.
Junior Seau played football his whole life and was never officially diagnosed with a concussion. Last May he sat down one day and shot himself in the heart. Dave Duerson, the former Bears safety, did this too, as a way to preserve his cadaveric brain for post-mortem study. The official report from the NIH confirmed a diagnosis that surprises exactly no one. A lifetime of small, seemingly minor, but accumulative traumat...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - January 11, 2013 Category: Surgeons Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD Source Type: blogs
Concussion and Football
As the National Football League (NFL) finally has come to take seriously the problem of concussion, litigation by many former players will focus on the question whether the league acted unreasonably in not taking action sooner. In reviewing the response... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 8, 2013 Category: Medical Lawyers and Insurers Authors: HealthLawProf Hodnicki Source Type: blogs
Dr. Chapman Q&A Transcript: Best Brain Health Fitness Tip? “Never let status quo be an option”
Here’s the lightly edited transcript of the January 4th online Q&A session with Dr. Sandra Chapman, Director of the Center for BrainHealth at UT-Dallas and author of the new book Make Your Brain Smarter (Free Press; January 2013). Enjoy!
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AlvaroF: You can start writing questions so we have a few to choose from as we start in a couple of minutes. Thank you!
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AlvaroF: Just one second and we’ll be ready. Already getting great questions!
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AlvaroF: Let me first thank Dr. Sandra Chapman for being with us today. She was one of the best speakers at our 2012 Summit, and since then we wanted to share her researc...
Source: SharpBrains - January 4, 2013 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Author Speaks Series Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness brain brain drain Brain-Fitness Brain-health brain-injury Brain-Training brainomics brainpower Breathing cognitive resilience healthcare mental edge Mindfulness-Tr Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 089
Welcome to the festive 89th edition!
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week
The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
Top spot this week is taken out by The Skeptics Guide to Emergency M...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - January 1, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Health Intensive Care LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
The LITFL Review 089
Welcome to the festive 89th edition!
The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team casts the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and the rest of the Web 2.0 social media jungle to find the most fantastic EM/CC FOAM (Free Open Access Meducation) around.
The Most Fair Dinkum Ripper Beaut of the Week
The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine
Top spot this week is taken out by The Skeptics Guide to Emergency M...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - January 1, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Kane Guthrie Tags: Education eLearning Emergency Medicine Featured Health Intensive Care LITFL review LITFL R/V Source Type: blogs
Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-12-30
My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-12-30 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/50hIH9zC #tcot 22:24:20, 2012-12-30
Adventure Travel, Gear, and Fitness | http://t.co/HdxaSE1r http://t.co/ZGrrRF1V #tcot 22:24:20, 2012-12-30
My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-12-30 http://t.co/a9pBGGqb 21:05:28, 2012-12-30
Silent sub: Russian noiseless Borei class nuclear submarine immersed http://t.co/3W2RKEe9 #tcot 20:14:46, 2012-12-30
NFL playoff matchups and dates are set – http://t.co/5MtdTc2x http://t.co/SJycNEMD #tcot 20:14:46, 2012-12-30
CrossFit Endurance's Unconventional 12-Week Mar...
Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog - December 31, 2012 Category: Dentists Authors: Flap Tags: Twitter @Flap Tweets Source Type: blogs
