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How Pasadena High School Students Are Learning Skills For A Career
Posted on · Houston Matters visits the Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School.
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When A High School Football Player Meets A Brain Injury Researcher
Posted on · High School athletes often raise money door-to-door for their teams. In Newton, Mass., a football player rang the doorbell of a leading brain injury researcher. Instead of money, he got a talk.
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How Do Concussions Affect Women Differently Than Men?
Posted on · Retired soccer star Brandi Chastain has just announced her intention to donate her brain to CTE research. It’s welcome news for researchers exploring growing concerns about concussions and traumatic brain injuries among women. There may well be some differences between how men and women sustain — and then recover — from such injuries, as we […]
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Your Tax Questions and Loreena McKennitt: Thursday’s Show (March 3, 2016)
Posted on · The April 15 tax deadline is just over a month away. Tax time always tends to add some stress to our lives. Preparing your taxes, after all, can be complicated, but Houston Matters is here to help! On this edition of the program, we welcome your questions for CPA Craig Shenkman. He’s a partner with […]
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Concussions, Potholes, and Sandra Bland: Friday’s Show (January 8, 2016)
Posted on · Late last month, as Will Smith's film Concussion debuted in the theaters, ESPN’s Outside the Lines reported that supposedly the NFL backed out of giving “unrestricted” funds to the National Institutes of Health for a study exploring football’s relationship to brain damage because the league didn’t like the doctor who would lead it. On this […]
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Houston Matters for Tues., Oct. 8, 2013
Posted on · A new Frontline documentary exploring the NFLâs concussion crisis premieres Tuesday night. League of Denial examines the impact concussion-related brain disease has had on former players, and what the National Football League is â or is not â doing about it. As we learn more about concussions and their effects, more parents are choosing not […]