The Struggle to Image NFL Players' Brains While They're Still Alive
Colin Lecher
at 01:25 AM Jun 22 2012
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This morning, Deadspin took a deep look at new research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disorder caused by blunt head trauma that's affecting NFL players in big numbers. The problem is, up until now it's only been diagnosed post-mortem. But maybe not anymore.
"If [Dr. Gary Small] is successful," Kyle Wagner writes, "his work would reorient the science of head injuries around saving lives instead of merely contextualising deaths." It's fascinating. Check it out. [Deadspin]
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