Study: Brain injuries in NFL players connected to 'total force' to head | NewsNation Prime

Dr. Daniel Daneshvar, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and a researcher on the study, joins "NewsNation Prime" to discuss the new findings, saying a player's total exposure to force over their career indicates how likely they are to sustain a chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

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[danielaramburo]

Hold on….. big strong men crashing into each other at full running speed constantly is bad for your head?!?!, !? Who would have imagined that?!?!?! You gotta be incredibly stupid not to know this.

[shotgunsnare]

I think most people have figured this out by now- this new study will end up changing at least how youth football is played, and parents will have this knowledge now and will use this info when they decide which sport they will let their kids get involved with -

[joebagodonuts]

The cumulative impact!

Who would have thunk it?

[RiftVaulter]

Countin head punches like a boxing match. Power shots seem to be included too. Lll

[mgmustang]

Wouldn't that apply to anyone getting punched in the head 🤔🗣️

[KeithCindyPanama]

Will Smith plays a doctor who discovered brain damage late long time ago:
Had a neighbor who played football for Redskins 1984 and his wife takes care of him every day we see him we have to introduce ourselves:(

[wildestcowboy]

I always came in hard head first with my helmet lowered. Didn't go pro but neither did some of the cry babies i nailed

[keithhoss]

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