Brain health, and concussions, start to receive due attention

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Invest­ing in brain health (CNBC):

No more than 10 years ago, I played for a league where I felt the pres­sures both inter­nal­ly and exter­nal­ly to return to the field and keep play­ing no mat­ter what. The words “con­cus­sion” and “TBI” (trau­mat­ic brain injury) were not fre­quent­ly used among the med­ical staff. My team­mates and I had no idea that see­ing stars or blurred vision after a hard hit were signs of brain damage.

But all that’s changing…Chris Bor­land, a 24-year-old play­er, retired after a stel­lar rook­ie sea­son at the San Fran­cis­co 49ers. And Jack Miller, a star play­er at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan, dropped out before his senior year — both cit­ing con­cerns about concussions.”

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