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Harvard recently announced that it will be the first team in the nation to test a new, state-of-the-art helmet made to decrease the incidence of concussions??a common injury in hockey, and one that can cut short a career...

Author: By Kate Leist | Title: Avoid The Ouchies! | 9/22/2009 | See Source »

...junior year, the quarterback threw for over 3,000 yards and was third on the all-time passing yards list when he graduated. “He was dependable, smart, and a very savvy quarterback,” Murphy said. Like many quarterbacks, Ferrara had his share of minor concussions??what he calls “dings and bell-ringers.” The new helmet may help to minimize, though not entirely prevent, concussions of this nature. Xenith hopes to eventually develop helmets for hockey, lacrosse, and cycling, in addition to football. “This...

Author: By Jake I. Fisher, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ex-Crimson QB Invents New Helmet | 11/1/2007 | See Source »

There do exist, however, a select group of soldiers who do not flinch at these concussions??men who have wanted to be warriors since the days they were born. While everyone else is sorting mail or reheating potato wedges for the 10th consecutive day, these Special Forces operatives are hunting insurgents in the middle of the night. On my last night in Baghdad, the self-proclaimed “secret squirrels” of Iraq invited my group to dinner at one of Saddam’s water palaces (they had been living there since February...

Author: By Henry I. Stern, | Title: Vacation in Baghdad | 2/25/2004 | See Source »

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