60 Minutes: Football and the Brain
Posted Nov 15, 2015
Concussions are sort of like snowflakes, there are no two alike. And none of them good according to Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz who has been researching the link between football and brain trauma at the University of North Carolina for more than a decade. His studies indicate that players are five times more susceptible to dementia later in life if they've sustained three or more concussions.
(CBS News)
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