Boston University School of Medicine

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First Reported May 20 2012 - Updated May 20 2012 - 1 Documents

Boston University School of Medicine

Vets Return With Brain Injuries Oft Seen In Football

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is best-known for affecting football players; repeated bangs to the head can hurt the parts of the brain that direct impulse, memory and emotion. Now, scientists are finding evidence of CTE in the brains of veterans ... [ Published May 20 2012 by WNYC ]

Entities: Bob Stern, GUY RAZ, Boston University School of Medicine, encephalopathy

First Reported May 16 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

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Does brain injury link NFL players, wounded warriors?

The same dementia-like disease found in the brain tissue of several National Football League players has shown up in the brains of four U.S. veterans exposed to improvised explosive devices and other head trauma, according to new research.The suggestion ... [ Published May 16 2012 by Channel4000 ]

Entities: Improvised Explosive Device, National Football League, Boston University School of Medicine, Protein, Boston University College of Engineering

First Reported May 04 2012 - Updated May 05 2012 - 1 Documents

Junior Seau's Brain Will Be Donated To Science

In the wake of Junior Seau’s tragic suicide, one difficult question came to the forefront. Because there is continuing research on exactly what effect head injuries like sports concussions, and especially those head injuries in football, may have on an ... [ Published May 04 2012 by Cinema Blend ]

Entities: Junior Seau, Dave Duerson, Suicide, Boston University School of Medicine, Shawn Mitchell

First Reported Apr 26 2012 - Updated Apr 26 2012 - 1 Documents

Take your pick of new weight-loss advice books

_ If you want to slim down this summer, there are many different ways to drop a few pounds or maybe even a size or two. Here are some weight-loss insights from the authors of several new diet books:?S.A.S.S. Yourself Slim? by Cynthia Sass (HarperOne, ... [ Published Apr 26 2012 by Palm Springs Desert Sun ]

Entities: Weight Loss, Diet, Thomas Moore, Cynthia Sass, Megan Murphy

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"What the mouse study does is ask a very specific question lingering in the field, which is, can exposure to even a single blast result in brain damage that persists and possibly progresses?" Goldstein said

Does brain injury link NFL players, wounded warriors? [Channel4000 - May 16 2012]

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