Topic: Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy
As a practicing neurosurgeon and journalist, a big interest of mine has been the concussion crisis in sports. I've been investigating it for two ...
Former Chicago Bears safety Dave Duerson, a two-time Super Bowl champion, had brain damage related to repeated head trauma when he committed suicide in February, a researcher said Monday.Doctor Ann McKee said it was "indisputable" that Duerson had chronic traumatic encephalopathy ...
ers with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine have provided the first pathological evidence of a link between repeated head injuries-such as those experienced by athletes ...
High-calorie school lunches are a threat to U.S. national security, according to a study released Tuesday by Mission: Military recruitment is being jeopardized because school lunches are causing many children to become overweight or obese, which means that fewer young people ...
9/14/2009 Print E-mail Three National Football League star players have agreed to donate their brain and spinal cord tissue after they die to help scientists learn more about the link between brain trauma suffered by athletes and dementia later in ...
A new report about the severity of repeated head trauma will surely shock the football community from youth to NFL players and cause them to rethink the dangers of concussions on the field. According to clinical researchers at Boston University School of ...
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NFL Player Dave Duerson Suffered from ...
Researchers at the Boston Unviersity Center for the Study of ...2011-05-02 -
NFL Concussions - CTE - Dr. Ann McKee ...
Dr. Ann McKee of Boston University's Center for the ...2009-12-03 -
Ted Johnson & Chris Nowinski
It is a little-heralded fact that many former NFL players ...2009-01-28
