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Medicine
fromNature
4 days ago

Brain's protective barrier stays leaky for years after playing contact sports

Repeated head trauma in contact sports causes long-term blood-brain barrier damage and leakiness decades after retirement, triggering persistent immune responses linked to cognitive decline.
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

Bears Pro Bowl center Drew Dalman retires at 27, much the way his father did 26 years ago

Not long ago, most NFL players - linemen, certainly - couldn't up and quit at the peak of their earning potential because their earnings weren't enough to ensure a lifetime of financial stability. Instead, they did what football players do - button their chin strap and play as long as their name remained on a roster. The risk of serious injury - including concussions - was simply the price of staying in the business.
Chicago Bears
Medicine
fromPsychology Today
5 months ago

The Consequences of the Sports Concussion

Concussion in college athletes produces detectable MRI abnormalities in blood flow and frontal-lobe tissue that can persist at least one year after return to play.
New York City
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Man who killed four people in New York City building containing NFL headquarters had CTE

Shane Tamura had low-stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) confirmed by the New York City medical examiner after a posthumous brain examination.
Medicine
fromNature
6 months ago

Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes - Nature

Repetitive head impacts produce early neuroinflammation, blood-brain barrier breakdown, astrocytic and white matter pathology that precede p-tau deposition and drive early CTE.
US politics
fromFortune
7 months ago

Las Vegas police: NYC gunman's mother said in 2022 that he had a sports-related concussion

Shane Tamura had a history of mental health issues linked to sports-related injuries, culminating in a shooting incident and his subsequent suicide.
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