Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
5 August 2020
Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Dartmouth College's football team reduced injuries and began winning more games after the coaching staff implemented non-contact tactics into practices, such as using robotic tackling dummies in place of the players t...
7 January 2020
Duisburg, Germany
Text
800-1500 Words
Connecting with art enriches the lives of patients struggling with dementia and Alzheimers. Across Germany, several programs are using art to stimulate the minds of an aging population. At the Lehmbruck Museum in Duis...
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...
29 August 2019
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In an effort to create more effective helmets, developers and consumers have come up against both cost and technological concerns. Building helmets that protect against concussions is challenging, and those that have ...
Concentrate
Sarah Rigg
17 April 2019
Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Living with dementia can often lead to loneliness for not just those inflicted, but also the caregivers involved. To help create a community around this, the Ypsilanti Senior Center has started a monthly Memory Cafe t...
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...
25 September 2018
England
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
Jelly drops, board games, and a box that projects interactive images and is sensitive to movement, are all examples if products being created to help people with dementia. “She enjoys that rather than being at home ...
22 August 2018
Denver, Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado works to connect traumatic brain injury survivors with resources for reintegrating into society—even if they have been incarcerated. Their work connect formerly incarcerated peopl...
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...
14 January 2016
Hopkins, Michigan, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
A certain breed of sheep may carry a specific trait that could possibly treat Huntington’s disease. Early trials have shown that mice treated with the chemical compound found in sheep can reactivate motor function.
27 April 2015
Uganda
Radio
5-15 Minutes
The typical surgery for hydrocephalus, a brain swelling disease, often leads to infection. Medical constraints in Uganda inspired a neurosurgeon to create a safer and more effective surgery which is now used in Uganda...
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