October

October 25, 2011

Senate Commerce Committee’s Sounds of Silence on ImPACT Concussion Software Founder Mark Lovell

I look forward to reading Mark Lovell’s National Institutes of Health grant applications, whenever I receive them. In my experience, a journalist almost always picks up […]
October 25, 2011

NIH Jerks Us Around on Release of ImPACT Concussion Software Founder Mark Lovell’s Shady 2002-05 Grant Applications

Yesterday I raised the question of whether Mark Lovell (of ImPACT, NFL, WWE, UPMC, etc., etc., etc.) had fully and ethically disclosed the glaring commercial conflicts […]
October 24, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: Did ImPACT Concussion Software Developer Mark Lovell Disclose Conflicts of Interest in Federal Grant Applications?

Mark Lovell – consultant for the National Football League and World Wrestling Entertainment, director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Concussion Program, and co-owner of […]
October 21, 2011

‘Independent Neurologists’? NFL OK’s Doctors’ ‘Sponsorship’ Relationships With Teams

The recent concussion developments involving, in particular, Michael Vick of the Philadelphia Eagles and Jahvid Best of the Detroit Lions have reminded even the most football-centric […]
October 20, 2011

ImPACT Is a Sleazily Promoted ‘Anti-Concussion Product.’ So Why Won’t the Senate Commerce Committee Scrutinize It?

The approach of our government to the concussion crisis reminds me of the “fix” of the radio payola scandals in the 1950s. Back then we made […]
October 19, 2011

At Commerce Committee Hearing, Senator Udall Whiffs on Dr. Maroon’s Quackery and Distorts the Record on Dave Duerson

The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a two-hour hearing on sports concussions on Wednesday. You can view the video at http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Concuss. Despite an annoyingly […]
October 18, 2011

‘Sports Fan Lobby’ Missing in Action — Again — On Report of CDC Collusion With NFL

Last Friday I solicited comment from Brian Frederick’s “Sports Fans Coalition” and Ralph Nader’s “League of Fans” on my column asserting that the Centers for Disease […]
October 18, 2011

‘Political Football: Centers for Disease Control in NFL’s Pocket, Too, on Concussion Issue’ (full text)

[originally published 10/14/11 at http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Political_Football_Centers_for_Disease_Control_in_NFL_s_Pocket_Too_on_Concussion_Issue_9600.html]   by Irvin Muchnick What the sports-reform movement still lacks, but may soon acquire, is its equivalent of MADD – Mothers […]
October 17, 2011

Sports Illustrated Columnist: ‘Vick’s Latest Helmet Blow Raises Questions About Concussion Policy’

Will Carroll, @injuryexpert on Twitter, writes the “Fantasy Football Expert” column for the Sports Illustrated website. His new one, as he puts it, wonders whether the […]
Concussion Inc. - Author Irvin Muchnick