Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
23 February 2021
United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
To prevent concussions during sports, some conferences are changing rules, while others are turning to technology to create new kinds of helmets and mouth guards that do a better job at protecting the brain. The innov...
OneZero
Katherine Reynolds Lewis
23 September 2019
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Many children are facing sleep issues that result in changed behavior and attitudes. Research suggests that this could be related to the way skulls are evolving, so a team of doctors are addressing the problem through...
4 September 2019
Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To reduce risk of concussions in high school football, high school coaches in Oregon are reducing the amount of impact time allowed during practices. Using the parameters established via the USA Football five levels o...
7 June 2019
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
No matter where you are in the world, noise pollution negatively impacts your life and the lives of many animals. Becoming more aware of the unnecessary noises in the world, such as lawnmowers and snowmobiles, may be ...
28 May 2019
Edinburgh, Scotland
Podcast
5-15 Minutes
The bigger the city, the busier the roads, which typically means more noise pollution as well. Because noise can negatively impact sleep and heart health, researchers are turning to promoting noise control engineering...
15 February 2019
Portland, Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In Oregon, school are required by law to remove a child from play if they have been concussed, but not all schools have athletic trainers to assess the situation. Although it's still up to each individual school distr...
18 January 2019
Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Because concussions can turn deadly if not managed correctly, several state legislatures have passed return-to-play laws that dictate when an athlete can return to the game. To complement this and offer resources to s...
15 January 2019
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Student athletes, especially at the high school level, can be susceptible to suffering head injuries which become exasperated when schools don't have protocol in place for how to best manage these individuals' return ...
31 October 2018
France
Text
800-1500 Words
People with severe spinal injuries have gained some movement after having a small device implanted that sends signals to muscles that mimic communication from the brain. While further research is needed, improved capa...
23 October 2018
London, England
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Assistive, wearable technology has been developed to send tactile or visual information to the brain in order to address mental or physiological challenges. One company has made a bracelet that can calm or energize a ...
25 July 2018
Portland, Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In Oregon, there is a law in place that helps guide public school officials in how to react to a child with a possible concussion, but that law doesn't address what to do if a child suffers a concussion during private...
23 May 2018
Portland, Oregon, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
After a high school football player in Oregon was concussed in a game, his condition elevated to a traumatic brain injury when he was sent back in to play without proper rest. To combat this lapse in judgment from hap...
2 April 2018
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Patients who experience chronic pain are commonly prescribed opiates. Over time, their tolerance to the medication builds up and they must increase their dose to maintain the positive effects of opiates, often leading...
4 January 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
At Lakeside School, the structure of the day is designed to support students managing trauma. These include activities before school starts, means to reduce excess energy by fidgeting, and ‘brain breaks.’
3 January 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
At Lakeside School, the student body is made up of young adults managing emotional and health challenges that make attendance in other schools difficult. The school environment has been developed to provide support fo...
19 April 2017
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Living in poverty can impact brain functioning due to the consistent stress and can lead to difficulty with problem solving, decision making, and goal setting. A Boston-based project, EMPath, addresses this issue by ...
Al Jazeera
Elizabeth Healey
14 June 2016
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Broadcast TV Programs
5-15 Minutes
People suffering from tremors often have to dramatically alter their lifestyles to accommodate the involuntary muscle movements, but Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center Hospital are piloting a new approach t...
6 January 2016
Durham, New Hampshire, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
To protect the heads of football players, it might be advisable to have them occasionally practice without head protection, according to a counterintuitive new study of a successful Division I football program.
13 December 2015
Rosewell, United Kingdom
Text
Over 3000 Words
After a young rugby player died in Northern Ireland, his family and a brain expert set about to establish concussion guidelines, looking in part to the United States.
22 October 2015
New Delhi, India
Text
Over 3000 Words
Defying expectations, cataract surgery in Indian children is endowing them with vision—and shedding light on how the brain learns to see.
Mother Jones
Katherine Reynolds Lewis
1 July 2015
South Berwick, Maine, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Disciplining schoolchildren has led many students down the “school-to-prison-pipeline” because teachers have focused on controlling students rather than instilling problem solving skills. Ross Greene has developed Col...
8 November 2010
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Canadian federal government has identified bullying as a national problem. Roots of Empathy, based in Toronto, encourages empathy in elementary kids by having them interact with babies.
14 November 2004
San Francisco, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Research has shown the importance of infant-primary caregiver attachment for the future of the child's cognitive ability, emotional health, and parent relationship. Infant Mental Health Specialists and other practitio...
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