April 4, 2013
Mounting evidence points to brain trauma as a risk factor for mental decline. Football players who’ve had multiple concussions perform worse on tests of brain function and are more likely to have memory problems later on. Repeated blows to the head can also cause certain types of dementia -- medically [...]
May 16, 2012
An editorial in today’s Science Translational Medicine about traumatic brain injuries, genetics and the long-term risks for degenerative brain disease caught our eye. According to the authors, the suicide of former star NFL linebacker Junior Seau, a death that mirrored other suicides of former NFL [...]
