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Professional Football and Traumatic Brain Injury Changing the Way We Think of MS

By Dr. Zachary Ward, Health Guide Tuesday, August 02, 2011
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) doesn't sound like a hidden health problem. The name alone gives us vivid images of war explosions, head wounds, and extended hospital stays. But a long-brewing discussion about concussion in the National Football League (NFL) is raising awareness that TBI isn't always as...
Anonymous
Aad
8/ 4/11 6:59am

my son experienced 2 heavy head-concussions - one at the age of four (unconscious for some time) and one at thirteen. At 32 he got the diagnosis MS.

 

So, maybe there is a connection.

 

 

 

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By Dr. Zachary Ward, Health Guide— Last Modified: 01/15/12, First Published: 08/02/11