Sports Medicine
Resveratrol And It’s Multiple Benefits
April 5, 2011 at 5:01 pmby Ann Papworth on March 23, 2011
Dr. Maroon book, The Longevity Factor, is quoted regarding the benefits of resveratrol to protect cells from radiation’s toxin effects.
In his book, “The Longevity Factor,” Joseph C. Maroon, M.D., renowned neurosurgeon and anti-aging specialist with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, notes studies showing Resveratrol’s effectiveness in radiation therapy. “Results were positive in two ways,” he writes. “First, Resveratrol appeared to act as a tumor sensitizer, making malignant cells more sensitive to radiation therapy. Resveratrol made normal tissue less sensitive to radiation, and this lower sensitivity would help minimize adverse side effects of radiation.”
Analyzing MLB’s concussion policy
April 5, 2011 at 4:51 pmApril 1, 2010 – ESPN Article by Stephanie Bell – Drs. Maroon and Lovell’s ImPACT test are discussed as part of MLB policy for concussion management.
All major league clubs are requiring baseline neurocognitive testing for all players and umpires using ImPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing). The battery of tests, developed in the early 1990s by Drs. Mark Lovell and Joseph Maroon of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, evaluate things such as brain processing speed, memory and reaction time.
Resveratrol — Setting the Record Straight
March 8, 2011 at 10:24 amTwenty healthy volunteers took a 40-milligram (mg) resveratrol extract or a placebo for six weeks, and subsequent blood tests revealed lower levels of inflammatory cytokines in the resveratrol group. Inflammation lies at the root of devastating age-related illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis and Alzheimer’s, Dr. Maroon notes.
Steelers’ Harrison has back surgery
February 22, 2011 at 11:08 amDr. Joseph Maroon performed what’s known as a discectomy to remove a piece of herniated disc off a nerve that had been bothering Harrison all season.
Starkey: NHL dazed and confused
February 22, 2011 at 11:04 amStarkey: NHL dazed and confused
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Ward, you’ll remember, was hit hard early on. As medical personnel escorted him off the field, he stumbled. That was enough for the team’s neurosurgeon, Dr. Joseph Maroon, to suspect a concussion and keep him from returning.
“Within four to five minutes, he was back to normal,” Maroon recalled Saturday. “And quite frankly, in the past, he would have returned. We would have sat him a quarter and subjected him to some testing, but he likely would have returned.”
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