Sports Medicine

This page collects the 4 public records POLISCOPE has tagged with “Sports Medicine”. Coverage spans news coverage - each decoded into plain English and linked to its primary source. It most often overlaps with Public Health, Nfl, and Brain Health.

1. Tue, Aug 251 item
   1. Study estimates 1 in 4 former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTEA new study published in the journal BMJ estimates that 25% of former NFL players who passed away between 2016 and 2021 suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Researchers suggest that rHillsborough
2. Sun, Aug 161 item
   1. Major League Baseball pitcher Tommy John dies at 83Tommy John, the professional baseball pitcher who became the first to successfully return to the sport following ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) reconstruction, has died at age 83. The procedure, now Miami-Dade
3. Thu, Jul 21 item
   1. Local Clinical Trial Helps College Athlete Return to BaseballA 24-year-old college athlete diagnosed with a chronic kidney disease was able to return to his sport after participating in a clinical trial at Kaiser Permanente Southern California. The trial providUnited States

1. 01Concussion & CTE Foundationorganization1 mentions
2. 02Joseph R Pittsperson1 mentions
3. 03Frank Jobeperson1 mentions
4. 04Chad Asplundperson1 mentions
5. 05Deborah E. Trautmanperson1 mentions
6. 06Kaiser Permanente Southern Californiaorganization1 mentions
7. 07NFLorganization1 mentions
8. 08Smithsonian Institutionorganization1 mentions
9. 09Anthony R. Greggperson1 mentions
10. 10Justin Verlanderperson1 mentions