Meet Bennet Omalu, Md: the Physician Leader Whose Research Inspired the Movie Concussion.

Big Hits

T here aren't many sports articles in the journal Science, so it was with great interest that I read " A Late Hit for Pro-Football Players " by Greg Miller (www. sciencemag.org). 3 This article is a very interesting compilation of recent research and developments in the area of sports-related concussion. The article highlights the efforts of Chris Nowinski, a former Harvard football standout wh...

Identify the challenges of leadership in hospitals

Background: In this study, we seek to identify the challenges of leadership role in physicians. For physicians facing the challenge of being able to appear only as a leader is fraught with challenges. Because they have to follow the clinical duties of the patients at the same time. In fact, we face five major challenges along the way. This article introduces these five challenges and solutions ...

Effects of repeated mild head impacts in contact sports: adding it up.

Derek Clark, MD, MS WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY? Concussions are becoming better recognized because they are widely covered in the media. This is because researchers are collecting strong proof about how a concussion changes brain function. Experts now have information on long-lasting problems from repeated concussions. In addition, there can be shortterm problems from only one concussio...

Tackling Concussion, Beyond the Movie

A prospective study of physician-observed concussion during a varsity university ice hockey season: incidence and neuropsychological changes. Part 2 of 4.

OBJECT The primary objective of this study was to measure the incidence of concussion according to a relative number of athlete exposures among 25 male and 20 female varsity ice hockey players. The secondary objective was to present neuropsychological test results between preseason and postseason play and at 72 hours, 2 weeks, and 2 months after concussion. METHODS Every player underwent base...