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The Football Concussion Crisis

NFL Hall of Famer Harry Carson joins former NBC anchor Stone Phillips and pathologist Bennet Omalu for a discussion of chronic traumatic encephalopathy among football players. Recorded May 12th at the Ensemblestudiotheatre.org, site of the new play Headstrong about the brain injury issue














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NFL Hall of Famer Harry Carson joins former NBC anchor Stone Phillips and pathologist Bennet Omalu for a discussion of chronic traumatic encephalopathy among football players. Recorded May 12th at the Ensemblestudiotheatre.org, site of the new play Headstrong about the brain injury issue.  


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  1. 1. tmonk 05:48 PM 5/16/12

    Compare brain size, neuropsychological testing, and approximate head traumas-to a boxer.
    My hypothesis would be that the boxer has more head trauma,and functional damage and lower suicide rates.

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  2. 2. Pubmed 11:36 AM 5/17/12

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3693310

    1987 article with the title: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in boxers.

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