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Martin Bashir, 56, is an English journalist and news anchor that is not afraid to dive into difficult topics. His probing interviews with Diana, Princess of Wales about her failed marriage to the Prince of Wales, and the public outcry following his fly-on-the-wall documentary with Michael Jackson, are both a testament to his hard-hitting brand of journalism. In 2008, however, the panorama journalist became the subject of his own dramatic story. Continue reading →

Please enable Javascript to watch this video PHOENIX, Arizona More than 11,000 paramedics and EMTs are now using a simple procedure which has doubled survival rates. And one paramedic used it to save her own son's life Continue reading →

SAN FRANCISCO As part of its Student-Athlete Health and Well-Being Initiative, the Pac-12 today announced general findings and progressfrom several of its currently-funded research projects. Subjects covered by the research projects include concussions and head trauma, mental health and injury prevention and general health education.Projects in todays announcement are part of the initiatives grant program which annually funds millions of dollars for research taking place on Pac-12 campuses.Also included with today's announcement, a separate study from the University of Colorado Boulder was recently published, finding no link between youth contact sports and cognitive, mental health problems. Now in our fifth year of this initiative, we are proud to continue to see progress through the research and work taking place at our institutions, said Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott Continue reading →

An expert group has been set up to investigate whether concussion substitutes could be introduced to football. Continue reading →

Every year traumatic brain injuries (TBI) affect an average of 69 million individuals worldwide. Continue reading →

For the first 20 milesof the ride up the Col du Galibierthe storied Alpine climb that debuted in the Tour de France back in 1911, when all but three riders were forced to dismount and walk their chunky pre-carbon-fiber velocipedes to the 8,000-foot summitI was actually enjoying myself, more or less. The other cyclists on my weeklong tour had decided to bag it and hop in the support van halfway up the climb, as the temperature began to plummet and a cold rain swept down from the surrounding peaks Continue reading →

It's a very early report, from just two patients, only a few months after treatment. But UMass Medical School Dean Terence Flotte this week shared at a conference what could be landmark news about a terrible genetic disease: Two young patients with Tay-Sachs disease showed no ill effects from a new gene therapy that aims to correct the defect at the heart of the disease. Continue reading →

A charity worker suffered a cardiac arrest and later died after taking cocaine at a car park in Cornwall. Charlotte Martin, 41, who lived with her mother and step-father in Fore Street, Tregony, died on Monday, February 25, two days after she had a seizure in the passenger seat of her partners car in Priory Road car park, St Austell Continue reading →

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) launched the Long-Term Impact of Military-related Brain Injury Consortium (LIMBIC) Oct. 1, for which the two organizations pledged to fund up to $50 million, to research mild traumatic brain injuries (TBI) or concussions Continue reading →