All tag results for 'concussion'

Finally!

Barbara Walters recently suffered a bad case of the chicken pox, and while she's been resting it up to get healthy… she's now well enough to claim her spot back on The View!!

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There are two new studies that are looking at the link between concussions and depression.

It's been a hot button issue in professional sports, especially in the NFL in the wake of the Junior Seau suicide.

So the studies picked a very specific group to study… 34 retired NFL players!

They found that

Tags: career, concussion, depression, disease, doctor, football, injury, nfl, play, players, professional, report, sad, science, signs, sport, study, suicide, symptoms

A small study found that soccer players on average have changes to the white matter of their brain.

Changes to the white matter are bad because they're the nerves that connect different regions of the brain and affect cognition.

They believe the brain trauma is from

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. is going to miss the next two races because of a concussion!!

Oh no!

Now one of NASCAR's most popular drivers has no chance at winning a championship.

Tags: brain, car, championship, concussion, dale earnhardt jr, danger, driver, driving, head, injury, nascar, races, racing

There has been a lot of controversy recently, surrounding professional sports and head injuries.

Specifically the NFL.

The suicide of Junior Seau was just one of many tragedies thought to have been brought on by head trauma.

A new documentary is coming out about all sports, from youth to pro, and their relationship with head injuries.

There's a culture of toughness that keeps many people from disclosing to others or even learning themselves of how badly injured they are.

Check out the video (above) to see the official trailer for Head Games!

Tags: concussion, dead, death, documentary, film, head, hurt, injury, movie, sad, sports, suicide

Absolutely despicable.

An MMA fighter has turned himself in after police announced that he beat his pregnant girlfriend so violently that she miscarried.

His name is Willie "Slick" Parks, of Albuquerque, N.M., and he now faces aggravated assault charges — with bail set at $50k.

Tags: assault, charges, clothes, concussion, disgusting, doctor, fight, fighter, friend, girlfriend, mma, police, pregnant

ATV accidents can be brutal, even if you're a famous rapper!

DMX was in one of those horrible accidents last weekend, and required a bunch of stitches (3 is a bunch, right?) in his head!

He's been released from the hospital and says:

Tags: accident, better, concussion, famous, headache, headaches, hospital, injury, rapper, release, single, weekend