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NFL Issues New, Tougher Warnings on Risks of Head Injury
New Poster to Be Hung in Locker Rooms Alerts Players to Long-Term Risks of Concussions in Blunt Language
 New York Times - Chris Nowinski, a co-director of the Sports Legacy Institute
and an advocate for youth concussion awareness, said he was relieved to learn
about the new language. "The old pamphlet that said 'no evidence of any
long-term effects,' it slowed down progress - it helped create a latency
environment when the evidence showed great urgency for change," he said.Click here to read New York Times article. Click here to view poster. |
Upcoming Events
Join SLI at the 2010 Head Trauma and the Athlete Conference
October 1, 2010
The Conference Center at Waltham Woods, Waltham, MA
Presented by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE), Boston University School of
Medicine (BUSM), the Sports Legacy Institute, BUSM Department of Neurosurgery, and the Brain
Injury Association of Massachusetts. This conference will provide state of the art knowledge for
healthcare providers, athletic trainers, and others, and will feature detailed
presentations from CSTE researchers whose work on Chronic Traumatic
Encephalopathy has recently been featured on 60 Minutes, HBO, Time
Magazine, The New Yorker, the New York Times, and many other media
outlets. Click here to learn more.
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New Media
NFLPA TV Features SLI Concussion Clinic
Click here to watch video. |
Featured Program
SLICE - Sports Legacy Institute Community Educators (SLICE) provide fun, informative, free concussion education programs for student-athletes. SLICE presentations are taught by local medical students . Click here to learn more
about SLICE and schedule a free event in your community today. |
SLI Mission
The mission of the Sports Legacy Institute
is to advance the study, treatment and prevention of the effects of
brain trauma in athletes and other at-risk groups.
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In the News
Dr. Cantu Discusses NFL's Effort to Battle Concussions,
Potential Conflict with "Dinosaur" Coaches
 The conflict comes to life
in (Coach Mike) Singletary's beloved and much-discussed "nutcracker" drill - where
two players line up and try to ram into one another. Singletary says
that drill will be an important part of training camp again this year.
"He
probably doesn't understand the issues the way he hopefully would or
should," said Dr. Robert Cantu, who was just named a senior adviser to
the NFL's new committee on head, neck and spine trauma. "I think he
probably has a mindset that goes back a few years. He needs to be
enlightened. Click here to read more. ______________
NFL's Sean Morey, SLI Brain Donor, Retires Due to Concussion Effects
 SI.com - It's been almost eight months since the 34-year-old Morey played. In the
past couple of years, it had taken him longer each offseason to get
back to his baseline, to feeling well with no lingering headaches from
the season. This year, that time never came.
Click here to read more. |
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