Public Brain Health vs. Private Brain Research Funds: How the NFL tried to influence NIH studies

Source: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2016/05/31/public-brain-health-vs-private-brain-research-funds-how-the-nfl-tried-to-influence-studies/

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How the NFL tried to manipulate a government study on football and brain injuries (Los Angeles Times):

“The National Institutes of Health seems to have discovered what communities across the land already know: The National Football League is an untrustworthy partner.

According to a report released Monday by the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the NFL pressured the NIH to cancel a $16-million grant to study football-related brain injuries to a prominent Boston brain researcher who the league claimed was biased. The NIH had found no evidence that the researc…

Source: http://sharpbrains.com/blog/2016/05/31/public-brain-health-vs-private-brain-research-funds-how-the-nfl-tried-to-influence-studies/

football_concussions——-

How the NFL tried to manipulate a government study on football and brain injuries (Los Angeles Times):

“The National Institutes of Health seems to have discovered what communities across the land already know: The National Football League is an untrustworthy partner.

According to a report released Monday by the Democratic staff of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the NFL pressured the NIH to cancel a $16-million grant to study football-related brain injuries to a prominent Boston brain researcher who the league claimed was biased. The NIH had found no evidence that the researc…

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