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Former Middleton firefighter pleads guilty to sexually abusing girl APUpdated: 4:59 PM EST Jan 7, 2020 MIDDLETON, Mass. — A former Massachusetts firefighter convicted of sexually abusing a teenage girl for nearly three years was sentenced Tuesday to two to five years in state prison. Andrew LeColst,...

2 more articles Gophers women's hockey goalie Alex Gulstene retires because of concussion symptoms JANUARY 23, 2020 — 12:11AM Alex Gulstene, the top goalie on the Gophers women’s hockey team last season, has retired from the sport because of lingering concussion symptoms from an injury suffered earl...

fourth-annual Concussion Awareness Week, running from Jan. 19 to Jan. 25, 2020 The Merrimack College women’s ice hockey team is supporting the Headway Foundation and the fourth-annual Concussion Awareness Week, running from Jan. 19 to Jan. 25, 2020. The Headway Foundation’s mission is to shift concu...

4: Everything's Not O.K. I’ve thought about death a lot over the past few years. About dying. And what it might be like if I wasn’t around. I’ve struggled a ton since I retired from hockey in 2011, and I’ve faced a bunch of different personal demons. But recently I’ve been unable to shake thoughts o...

3: "This needs to STOP" 48 years old is too d*** young. I didn’t even know who Greg Johnson was yesterday, but when I heard the former NHL player committed suicide, my head fell into my hands. Tragedy can do that to you, bringing you down even if the person wasn’t known to you. A universal a**-kicke...

2: Rick Rypien & Project Eleven A powerful video: Believe in Ryp Watch at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlRyhK8o3LI&feature=youtu.be Resources Available: The Max Foundation partnered with Project 11 to provide a curriculum and access to materials focusing on mental wellness for Warroad Public Sch...

FILED: ERIE COUNTY CLERK 01/10/2020 09:11 AM INDEX NO. 800469/2020 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 1 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 01/10/2020 1 of 10 STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT : COUNTY OF ERIE LG 38 DOE Plaintiff, COMPLAINT vs. Index No.: DOUGLAS NAIL, SAINTS HOCKEY CLUB, INC., and USA HOCKEY, INC. Defendants. Plaintiff, ...

Sex offender coached kids for 20 years after Boy Scouts discovered abuse In the 1980s, the Boy Scouts discovered a dirty little secret about one of their Scoutmasters: he was an accused child molester. Leaders of Depew Troop #565 appear to have secured Douglas W. Nail’s resignation within days. But ...

1: The Max Foundation opens a mental wellness dialogue in Warroad Last week inside the fabled Warroad Gardens ice rink, a local hockey fan stopped Conway Marvin to ask what the Max Foundation was all about. Marvin, whose surname represents hockey royalty within the tiny northern town, considered the...

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Shaking Human Brains To Study Head Trauma Philip Bayly has spent years trying to figure out the best way to jiggle a brain. The mechanical engineer is part of a team of researchers at Washington University studying how a jolt to the head can shake the brain — the kind of injury a football player suf...

"how crucial it is for parents of student athletes to be proactive in concussion prevention, detection and treatment" High schools across the U.S. face numerous barriers to implementing laws intended to help students recover from concussions, a small U.S. study suggests. Researchers interviewed 64 h...

" the clock is ticking" Tim Thomas didn't expect this - the pain, the suffering, being open about both. Yet there he was, signature goatee and all, speaking candidly with a small group of reporters earlier this month in Washington. His voice trembled. Tears streamed down his cheeks. He bore it all. ...

Family hardship following youth concussion: Beyond the medical bills Highlights • Families face monetary and non-monetary burdens following youth concussion. • Healthcare costs do not fully capture the impact of concussion on families. • Impacts of concussion include lost productivity, tutoring, and...

“I had no clue what happened” The Kodiak Juvenile girls hockey team placed first at the Pingree in Hamilton, Massachusetts on Sunday. The team beat out five other clubs in a two-day event, including a 4-2 win over North Yarmouth Academy in the finals. Kahnawake’s Breeze Lahache was among 15 girls, a...

After concussions ended her soccer career, a former star is helping girls avoid a similar fate “I honestly had not grasped the seriousness of concussions up until that point,” Brittni Souder said of the three head injuries she suffered early in her junior season of college. (Katherine Frey/The Washi...

"Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a pervasive and under-recognized public health problem" More than half of homeless individuals diagnosed with traumatic brain injury A new review of 26 studies finds that more than 50% of homeless or marginally housed individuals — those in slums or other low-income ...

Mental Health Awareness Day on Saturday This Saturday, Osseo Hockey "will be hosting a Mental Health Awareness Day in honor of our friends in the Warroad community and the Max Marvin Foundation. Game times are 1:00/3:00 vs St. Louis Park. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the Univer...

Sexual predators don’t just groom their victims, they groom everyone around them Rebecca ReidThursday 19 Oct 2017 12:44 pm Share this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messenger (Picture: Getty) Emmeline May, the same woman who brought us the amazing tea and co...

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Damage from concussion alters the way information is transmitted between the two halves of the brain, according to a new study Research has shown that the corpus callosum, a bundle of nerve fibers that carries signals between the brain's left and right hemispheres, is vulnerable to damage from mild ...

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Nicole: Happy American Thanksgiving to you and all our readers. I hope by the time everyone is reading this that they’re well on their way to relaxing and having a few days off with friends and family. Women’s college hockey takes a bit of a break from the norm as a number of teams play in tournamen...

Minnesota judge rules former 'Miracle on Ice' star mentally ill and dangerous Former U.S. Olympic hockey player Mark Pavelich was ordered committed to a secure treatment facility. By Pam Louwagie Star Tribune DECEMBER 4, 2019 — 9:30PM A Minnesota district judge ruled Wednesday that former “Miracle o...

Seven concussions "each far worse than the one before" Goalie Kyla J Lane Concussions friggen suck. Unfortunately, I've been the unlucky recipient of seven of them, each far worse than the one before. There was a point where I didn't think I'd be able to play hockey anymore because of the post-concu...