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Are Contact Sports Really All That Bad?
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Linda Mintle
Bad news for the NFL. In September, a study was released that looked at the brains of deceased NFL players who had donated their brain to science due to suspicion of CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy). Of the 91 players tested, 87 had signs of CTE. That is 96%. A larger and more diverse sample of American…
Blow to the Head? What Happens to the Brain?
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Linda Mintle
With all the football players leaving the field for concussions and nasty hits during the playoffs, we need to be thinking about traumatic brain injury (TBI). What really happens when someone suffers a blow either by accident, in a sport or in the military? Dr. James Kelly, Professor of Neurosurgery and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at…
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