Breaking Point: When Does Head Trauma in Sports Lead to Memory Loss?
Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
A new study suggests there may be a starting point at which blows to the head or other head trauma suffered in combat sports start to affect memory and thinking abilities and can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in the brain.
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