CTE study: Repetitive head impact, not concussions, triggers disease
It won't super long before the decision is taken out of the parents hands as to whether their children can play certain sports.. This article covers 4 teenager post mortem brains.. disturbing
from the article:
“There are going to be policy implications to this,” Lee E. Goldstein, a co-author of the study, physician and associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine and College of Engineering, told USA TODAY Sports. “This is concerning, particularly for kids who are not old enough to make other decisions legally on their own -- like to smoke, drink or drive a car. Just like we don’t allow kids to do those activities, I think we have a moral obligation to protect them from harm.”
It won't super long before the decision is taken out of the parents hands as to whether their children can play certain sports.. This article covers 4 teenager post mortem brains.. disturbing
from the article:
“There are going to be policy implications to this,” Lee E. Goldstein, a co-author of the study, physician and associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine and College of Engineering, told USA TODAY Sports. “This is concerning, particularly for kids who are not old enough to make other decisions legally on their own -- like to smoke, drink or drive a car. Just like we don’t allow kids to do those activities, I think we have a moral obligation to protect them from harm.”