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New concussion guidelines could get athletes back to exercise, school earlier

Mar. 26, 2024 15:44 PM EDT

American athletic trainers are getting behind guidelines that could allow students who sustain a concussion to return to class and physical activity sooner. A statement published Tuesday in the Journal of Athletic Training encourages practitioners to consider the psychological...

New study finds no brain injuries among 'Havana syndrome' patients

Mar. 18, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome, ” researchers reported Monday. The National Institutes of Health’s...

Maine mass shooter had a brain injury. Experts say that doesn't explain his violence.

Mar. 08, 2024 09:50 AM EST

BOSTON (AP) — Brain injury experts are cautioning against drawing conclusions from newly released and limited information about evidence of a brain injury in an Army reservist who killed 18 people last year in Maine’s deadliest mass shooting. Boston University researchers who...

Evidence of traumatic brain injury in shooter who killed 18 in deadliest shooting in Maine's history

Mar. 07, 2024 20:00 PM EST

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An Army reservist responsible for the worst gun massacre in Maine's history had evidence of traumatic brain injuries before he shot and killed 18 people last year, according to a brain tissue analysis that was requested by the state's chief medical examiner. ...

Mississippi ex-governor expected stake in firm that got welfare money, says woman convicted in fraud

Feb. 28, 2024 16:33 PM EST

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said at a party weeks before leaving office that he had been offered a financial stake in a company that received welfare money to try to develop a concussion drug and was connected to retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre, according to a...

The wife of a famed Tennessee sheriff died in a 1967 unsolved shooting. Agents just exhumed her body

Feb. 09, 2024 20:24 PM EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities have exhumed the body of the wife of a famed former Tennessee sheriff more than a half-century after she was fatally shot in a still-unsolved killing. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed that it oversaw the exhumation of the body of...

Rangers' Filip Chytil is out for the season after an injury setback

Jan. 28, 2024 17:24 PM EST

New York Rangers forward Filip Chytil will miss the rest of the NHL season after experiencing an injury setback. Chytil, 24, has not played since early November because of suspected concussion issues that led him to go home to his native Czechia to skate with Jaromir Jagr, among...

Injured Rangers forward Filip Chytil has a setback at morning practice

Jan. 26, 2024 23:20 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Rangers forward Filip Chytil had a setback Friday in his recovery from an injury sustained more than two months ago. Chytil, skating with the team for the second straight day, was down on the ice for several minutes during the Rangers' morning practice before their...

Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov placed in concussion protocol

Jan. 12, 2024 16:40 PM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Pyotr Kochetkov is in the concussion protocol, coach Rod Brind’Amour said Friday. The 24-year-old netminder was knocked out of Thursday night's win against Anaheim in the second period after being bowled over by Isac Lundestrom...