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...wave of criticism of the current league procedures have come both from high-profile players dealing with multiple concussions and from new research from the study of deceased football players’ brains. The facts from the latter are clear: Studies from the Center of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University suggest that there is a strong correlation between repetitive head trauma and accelerated rates of dementia, and other studies link the number of concussions with a higher predisposition to depression. The question now revolves not around the validity of the harm of concussions in football but what...
...reality of the entire situation is that American football is an extremely dangerous game. Although the NFL released a new list of rules that would “try to stay proactive” in protecting its players, no amount of yellow flags, yardage penalties, or player fines can stop serious injuries from taking place. The game of football and its players have evolved to such a stage of speed and strength that physicists calculate that an average-sized player can deliver over 1600 pounds of force in a single tackle. This is not a game that...
...new nicotine product that resembles candy has come under scrutiny for being linked to poisoning in young children...
...smoking industry constantly comes out with new products, and they’re designed in a very appealing way,” said HSPH Professor Gregory N. Connolly, the study’s lead researcher. “Smokeless products are high up in the poisoning reporting list. With age, children’s taste functions develop, and they move toward more sweetened products...
Public health officials also worry that this new generation of smokeless products will initiate future tobacco use among youth...