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NFL to Fund Traumatic Brain Injuries Study

football traumatic brain injuriesThe NFL is taking a more serious look at traumatic brain injuries following calls to investigate concussions. This is very pertinent news for the Miami Dolphins. Players have a lot of life to live after their careers are over and brain injuries can dramatically impact the quality of that time. Consider a recent article for the Miami Herald titled “NFL to fund study on link between concussion, brain damage.”

According to the author of the article, “The National Football League said Saturday it will help fund new research on the suspected link between sports-related concussions and long-term brain degeneration. The agreement with the London-based International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation will focus on retired jockeys, who suffer far greater rates of brain trauma than even football players. The agreement came during daylong talks convened by the NFL in London involving representatives of 15 sports leagues, including the National Hockey League and World Rugby. The panel discussed a range of initiatives to identify, treat and prevent concussions. Michael Turner, medical director of the Concussion Foundation, said the research starting in January would investigate the suspected link between concussions and the onset of an incurable brain degenerative disease called CTE, short for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which can be definitively diagnosed only after death. ‘Collaboration with the NFL will significantly accelerate the research we are doing with retired jockeys and help establish if there is any independent evidence that concussion has a long-term impact on health,’ Turner said. The NFL and Turner didn’t specify the funding commitment involved.”

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