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Montana Jury Rules Hospital Not Liable in Football Player’s Paralysis

A Montana hospital is not liable for the brain injury a 16-year-old Belt High School student suffered in a 2014 football game, a jury ruled Wednesday. Robert Back suffered a concussion on Sept. 5, 2014, and collapsed on the sidelines …

$50K Awarded by NFL to 3 Startups Developing Safety Technology

With player safety under the microscope, the NFL and the Texas Medical Center held a competition Saturday for startups making innovative products geared toward improving the game. Nine companies competed in three categories – communicating with the athlete, training the …

NFL, GE Team Up to Study Brain Injuries as Concussion Worries Rise

The National Football League and General Electric Co. are teaming up to improve the diagnosis and treatment of brain injuries amid growing concerns about sports-related concussions in youth and professional sports. On Monday they announced a $60 million effort with …

Focus on Sport Concussions Moves to Australia

Concern over sports-related concussions has moved Down Under, where one of the country’s top former Australian rules football players says he has a degenerative brain disease after sustaining four serious head injuries during his career. Representatives from the four main …

Scientists Model How Vibrations From Football Hits Wobble the Brain

It’s fall football season, when fight songs and shouted play calls fill stadiums across the country. Another less rousing sound sometimes accompanies football games: the sharp crack of helmet-to-helmet collisions. Hard collisions can lead to player concussions, but the physics …