01/31/2026
Concussions, a frequent event in sports as well as everyday life, may soon be diagnosed by an objective test rather than the subjectivity available today. A former UWaterloo hockey player, Andrew Cordssen-David (former Bathurst Titan) has helped developed a saliva test that can detect chemicals released into the brain after a traumatic injury. For more information, see link below.
HeadFirst, a company at Velocity, the University of Waterloo’s startup incubator, has developed a way to test for concussions using a simple saliva test. The process provides a rapid and accurate way to detect mild traumatic brain injuries. The startup’s technology advances the traditional concu...