by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Dec 27, 2015 | Education For Professionals, Research
The film Concussion takes a look at the “discovery” of a brain disease caused by multiple concussions and sub-concussive hits while the focus of the film is on the NFL’s early denial of the existence of the disease and their role in the process. It’s always more...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Dec 22, 2015 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs, Research
They played their hearts out on the NFL gridiron; however, it’s their heads that are now feeling the impact. The new “Concussion” movie, starring Will Smith, will shed immense light on the disease process known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a disease...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Dec 17, 2015 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs, Research
In a new study in Nature, the scientific communities’ top journal, data was released showing that up to 90% of cancers could be related to lifestyle. Previously it was thought that the majority of cancer cases are part of the “bad luck hypothesis”...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Dec 3, 2015 | Education For Professionals, Health Blogs, Research
A significant reduction in fat mass Increases in lean body mass Improvements in fasting blood glucose Improvements in insulin sensitivity Reductions in total cholesterol and triglyceride levels These are just a sample of the clinically significant...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Nov 24, 2015 | Health Blogs, Physicians Corner, Research
Monday night on Charlotte’s Fox46, reporter Logan Sherrill debuted Part-Two of their two part series on concussions. Part-One spoke specifically to NFL Hall of Fame Offensive Lineman Joe DeLamielleure’s history with repeated head injuries and his reaction...
by Carolina Healthspan Institute | Nov 23, 2015 | Physicians Corner, Research
Ronald L. Brown, MD will be interviewed tonight at 10pm on Fox46 about our single and multiple concussion and traumatic brain injury treatment options. This will be the the second part of a two-part series staring hall-of-fame former NFL players. View the announcement...
