Sports Brain Injuries and Aging
2014-07-07T20:43:49-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZDE4XC8yMDE0MDcwNzIwNDgyNTAwMV9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on the link between sports-related brain injuries and developing neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, later in life. Witnesses included former sports professionals who described the effects of repeated concussions on their professional careers and the contribution to memory loss. Neuroscience specialists gave statistics on traumatic brain injury (TBI), explained the reasons aging diseases of the brain were on the rise, called for limiting young people’s participation in contact sports until high school, and urged more funding for brain injury research.
The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on the link between sports-related brain injuries and developing neurological diseases,… read more
The Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on the link between sports-related brain injuries and developing neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s Disease, later in life. Witnesses included former sports professionals who described the effects of repeated concussions on their professional careers and the contribution to memory loss. Neuroscience specialists gave statistics on traumatic brain injury (TBI), explained the reasons aging diseases of the brain were on the rise, called for limiting young people’s participation in contact sports until high school, and urged more funding for brain injury research. close
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