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National Post
A concussion bill named for a 17-year-old girl who died after being injured while playing high school rugby was introduced Wednesday in the Ontario legislature with rare all-party support. Rowan Stringer had been accepted to the University of Ottawa's nursing program, but never got to attend, as she died in 2013 from multiple concussions. She was a nurturing person who would have wanted her memory to be used to help other children, said her mother, Kathleen. READ MORE
Toronto Sun
Concussion, the blockbuster movie of the holiday season, is billed as one man's 'David and Goliath' fight against the NFL. Dr. Bennet Omalu, played by Will Smith, is the Nigerian neuropathologist who discovers chronic traumatic encephalopathy in football players. His discovery, and his fight to raise awareness, pitted him against the most powerful professional sports organization in the world. READ MORE
National Post
Concussions are called invisible injuries because they don't show up on traditional medical imaging tests such as CT scans. But researchers at the Alberta Children's Hospital have discovered what they think is a way to see areas of the brain that have been injured — along with improvements, or lack thereof — over time. READ MORE
CNBC News
In an era of increasing activity in the biotech sector, Brian Harris is bringing a level of simplicity to the medical field. His company, MedRhythms, uses melodies and rhythms to help treat and combat the effects of certain brain injuries, strokes, and Parkinson's disease. READ MORE
Yahoo News
Researchers have discovered that a neurodegenerative disease linked to pro football players is also showing up in men who played high school contact sports. Scientists from the Mayo Clinic have discovered that about one-third of men whose brains had been donated to the Mayo Clinic Brain bank had evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which is caused by repeated brain trauma. READ MORE
CTV News
Hockey thrives off of crushing body checks and game-stopping fist fights, but it's the long-term consequences of on-ice violence the NHL seems less than eager to advertise. In fact, at the request of the league, a court has sealed the majority of 2.5 million pages of internal documents related to a lawsuit brought forth by more than 100 former NHL players. READ MORE
CTV News
When fierce winds whipped across Metro Vancouver in August, Bobbi Gillcash stopped to help. She was clearing debris from the road, trying to make it easier for people to get out of the storm snapped trees around the Lower Mainland, when one of those trees came down on her. "I heard a crack, looked up and this massive tree — this huge tree is just coming down right on us," Andrea Gillcash, Bobbi's daughter, told CTV News at the time of the incident. READ MORE
Cambridge News
A father-of-four who survived a serious brain injury in a car crash is staging an exhibition in Newmarket to raise funds for his children's primary school. Tony Blackwell, 40, was involved in a two-car crash at Great Thurlow when he was driving home from work in 1999. He spent the next three months in a neurological critical care ward where he said doctors told him he was 'one of the miracle cases'. READ MORE
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