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The Brain of a Bomber: Did Damage Caused By Boxing Play a Role in the Boston Bombings?
Questions about traumatic brain injury and bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev begin to surface
Study Reveals How Concussions Can Trigger Depression
Former football pros may be more likely to battle depression when they have brain damage linked to concussion
NFL Players Have a Higher Risk of Death from Brain Disease
Just in time for football season, a new study finds that National Football League players suffer more than just their fair share of soreness.
Junior Seau’s Death Raises Familiar and Agonizing Questions
It will take an autopsy to learn if the latest NFL suicide was a result of game-related brain damage.
The Healthland Podcast: Borderline Personality Disorder, Colon Health and Child Sexuality
This week we discuss the news that an NFL player suffers from the poorly understood psychiatric illness called borderline personality disorder. Also, should you have your colon cleaned? And we talk about the controversy over …
Borderline Personality Disorder: NFL Wide Receiver Talks Diagnosis and Recovery
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall may be best known for a domestic altercation in April in which his wife allegedly stabbed him in self-defense. Over the weekend, the sixth-year player revealed why his life has been …
NFL Players May Be More Vulnerable to Alzheimer’s Disease
Retired NFL players are more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a form of dementia that can lead to Alzheimer’s disease, than similarly aged men who didn’t play football, report researchers in a study presented …
Fan Rage: How Home Team Losses Contribute to Domestic Violence
Any diehard football fan can relate to post-loss blues — when your beloved team is outscored by a rival, it’s hard to keep your spirits up or put on a happy face after the game.
Football Searches for the Cause of Another Tragedy
Brains don’t give up their secrets easily. An enlarged heart is self-evidently sick; a cirrhotic liver may look nothing like a healthy one. But a scrambled, damaged, degenerating brain may look perfectly fine — at least until …
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Study: Former NFL Players Are Popping Painkillers and in ‘Poor Health’
A new study commissioned by ESPN and funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse suggests that retired NFL players are suffering a lot of pain: 7% are taking at least one prescription opioid painkiller, according to the study, …