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Sentencing for teen who stabbed 3 people outside Ponte Vedra Beach restaurant pushed back for CTE testing
Read full article: Sentencing for teen who stabbed 3 people outside Ponte Vedra Beach restaurant pushed back for CTE testingAttorneys for a teen who stabbed three people outside a Ponte Vedra restaurant last year now say he may have CTE from repeated head injuries on the football field.
Jury recommends life sentence for Clay County contractor convicted of killing client
Read full article: Jury recommends life sentence for Clay County contractor convicted of killing clientA Clay County contractor who was convicted Monday of killing his client in 2019 now faces the possibility of being sentenced to death for her murder.
As sentencing begins in capital murder case, Clay County victim is remembered, defendant’s brain damage revealed
Read full article: As sentencing begins in capital murder case, Clay County victim is remembered, defendant’s brain damage revealedA Clay County contractor who was convicted Monday of killing his client in 2019 now faces the possibility of being sentenced to death for her murder.
New CTE study changes view on best predictor of future brain disease
Read full article: New CTE study changes view on best predictor of future brain diseaseThe largest study to date of CTE shows number of concussion does not completely correlate to likelihood of CTE diagnosis. In fact, the number of hits to the head is a better predictor.
Soccer, health officials gather for head injury summit amid criticism from CTE researchers
Read full article: Soccer, health officials gather for head injury summit amid criticism from CTE researchersSoccer officials, scientists, medical professionals and others have gathered in Chicago for a head injury summit.
Slap fighting: The next big thing, or unsporting stupidity?
Read full article: Slap fighting: The next big thing, or unsporting stupidity?UFC President Dana White is selling slap fighting as the next big thing in combat sport, and the Nevada Athletic Commission has sanctioned the Power Slap League for competitions.
Widow asks $55M from NCAA for ex-USC football player's death
Read full article: Widow asks $55M from NCAA for ex-USC football player's deathAn attorney for the widow of a former University of Southern California football player has asked a jury to award her more than $50 million in a lawsuit accusing the NCAA with failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma.
Trial starts in concussion case of dead USC football player
Read full article: Trial starts in concussion case of dead USC football playerA Los Angeles jury has heard opening statements in the case of a widow of a former University of Southern California football player suing the NCAA for failing to protect her husband from repetitive head trauma.
Autopsy: Severe brain trauma in ex-NFL player who shot 6
Read full article: Autopsy: Severe brain trauma in ex-NFL player who shot 6Authorities say an autopsy found unusually severe brain disease in the frontal lobe of the former NFL player accused of fatally shooting six people in Rock Hill, South Carolina before killing himself in April.
New PSA warns against youth tackle football, compares it to smoking
Read full article: New PSA warns against youth tackle football, compares it to smokingThat's the premise for a new PSA from the Concussion Legacy Foundation, which wants parents to consider the long-term damage youth tackle football could inflict on their kids. The goal is for parents to keep kids out of tackle football until they're 14 to lessen their risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Plus, children's bodies aren't built to withstand the head-bobbling hits of tackle football, he told CNN. "They can choose not to play tackle football at all," he said. Bailes called the comparison between smoking and tackle football "misleading and inaccurate."
Concussion PSA compares youth football dangers to smoking
Read full article: Concussion PSA compares youth football dangers to smoking"Tackle football is like smoking," a youthful voice-over says as a smiling, motherly type lights a cigarette for one of the pre-teen players. "We now have the data that show that playing youth tackle football and developing CTE is correlated in a very similar way to smoking, and developing lung cancer," Nowinski said. "We're trying to help parents visualize that those two things are equally bad: Letting your kid smoke and letting your kid play tackle football are both bad ideas." Some states, including California, New York and Illinois, have discussed banning tackle football for children under 12. We can retool the game where they can still glean the benefits, enjoy themselves, get exercise and delay tackle football until junior high or high school."