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sports
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Can smart mouthguards help detect concussions?
World Rugby is now including smart mouthguards outfitted with sensors to measure collision impacts in its head injury assessment protocol.
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Tip sheet provides pointers on concussion-related testing and other concussion research resources
In what seems to be an eternity ago, I wrote about a pair of studies on concussions for Scientific American.…
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Covering sports concussions: Some takeaways from the #AHCJ16 panel
Conversations about concussions, traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) have become more common in recent years as many…
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Smokeless tobacco use among teens on the rise, even among athletes
The use of snuff and other smokeless tobacco products by American high school students is up significantly, even among high…
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‘Back-to-school’ a good time to focus on sports-related dental injuries
With millions of school athletes headed back to playing fields across the country, protecting teeth from loss and damage should…
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Baseball’s Schilling blames tobacco for cancer; what do reporters need to know about links?
The ties between smokeless tobacco and baseball run deep. The immortal Babe Ruth claimed Pinch Hit was his chew of…
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As Tenn. lags in youth sports concussion laws, reporter shows delay taking a toll
The Tennesean‘s Nate Rau becomes the leader in the clubhouse for 2012’s “most viscerally disquieting use of a verb” award…
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College football, sickle cell can be deadly combo
Rachel George, Iliana Limón and Shannon J. Owens of the Orlando Sentinel look at college football players whose deaths have…
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Concussion-related trauma masquerades as ALS
The New York Times‘ Alan Schwarz reports on what he says is “the first firm pathological indications that brain trauma…
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Stadium concessions rack up health violations
ESPN’s Paula Lavigne examined 2009 health department inspections from the 107 stadiums that host MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL games…