Rights issues. Shes also chair of the institutes Human Trafficking advisory consults. This is vickie kennedy, an accomplished attorney and a nonprofit leaders. She advises government issues and regulatory issues. Shes the president of the board and the cofounder of the Kennedy Institute for the study of the senate and a nonpartisan and nonprofit, dazzling and a beautiful building here in boston that educates the public of the unique role of the United States senate in our democracy. Theyll be in conferring with gary hill. Those of us in massachusetts know of her public leadership and Lieutenant Governor, she was the president and a former resident fellow here at the institute. Join me welcoming Lieutenant Governor healy and mrs. Mccain and mrs. Kennedy. [ applause ] thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you for those kinds introductions. I am so excited to be able to have this conversation with both of you today. I think with the backdrop of everything that is going on with the country r
This is why i am an advocate for the hit system. It will give us detailed information about which position gets hit where. If we have a large database. Improving health and designed to react to information we got from that information. You, how muchask money has been spent on Sports Concussion Research . Where is the funding coming from . Unfortunately there is not an ,ssue our committee look that nor would we have had the resources to pull that out. Clearly, you can identify some research that is being done in the federal sector that applies to this. The private research that may be done by a sports leagues, by manufacturers of equipment to themselves, i dont know any good way to quantify that for you. I appreciate everybody being here. It is an important issue. We love our children going through sports. We love to watch. We dont want anybody to be hurt that should be hurt. Focuslly this increased will lead to better research, protection, and of course, prevention. Thank you very much
They act as a control over the course of the season. We are finding what occurs across the season in normal players with no history of concussion, their speed of processing does change over the four or five months of training and the season. With the players who experience concussion, we see a slowdown of about 200 milliseconds. That is four times faster than the slowdown in multiple sclerosis, for contrast. Clearly, the brain has changed the way it is processing. We are moving to start intervention programs with the players identified. There is some data with alzheimers that suggest working memory tasks, even one week, can show continual gain and improvements. We are trying to see some of that occurring. Thank you. Dr. Gay, in regard to concussions, many times it is not a direct blow. The head is going back and forth and the brain is sloshing around. You mentioned going back to 1970s type equipment. Describe what you mean by 1970s equipment and how it may reduce concussions. The neck
Today for nothing almost a side note catherine. Become in the same pitcher in history noted the same team twice. Reporter everyone is cranked up and no one wants to say nohitter. Cadigan not tweet the forging said. I love sports and no hitters. There it will have a lot more coming up. Catherine phillippe youve been talking to the kids . Yes it is spectacular reporter the entire crowd goes crazy. He was simply dominant this is a historic night or afternoon one that people will remember for the rest of their life. One of the bestof my life. I did not, probably the last strike. One standing up clapping and cheering. Obviously prove that he still has a some time should get into a slump but he did it to that. From the sixth ending all out was to fight White Knuckles to the edge of my seat. It was incredible. Reporter so people sigh lincecum has been struggling he may be washed up a look at his day. But his record two nohitters and two road championships. And more we are led that at t park i
Have been killed. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will not bow to International Pressures. Violence has surged in chicago. We have seen too much violence. They have access to guns and we need comprehensive gun legislation. If we can find the money, 4 billion. Lebron james says hes going back to where it all started. The offer has hit. Big with america. And of course the sports world seems to be taking over all of the United States. Soccer was an immigrant sport. Now thats changed. My boys will grow up knowing soccer is an american sport. We begin with the severe aerial offensive that has killed 120 people in gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press on with the attacks as long as hamas continued to send rockets into israel and signaled a Ground Invasion may be possible. Were preparing for all the possibilities. On friday the United Nations human rights raised concerns of the offensive against gaza violates International Law that bans the targeting of civi