NIH Neuroscientists: Junior Seau Had Brain Disease Caused By Hits To the Head 240
McGruber writes "ABC News/ESPN broke the story that a team of scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) analyzed the brain tissue of renowned NFL linebacker Junior Seau and have concluded that the football player suffered a debilitating brain disease likely caused by two decades worth of hits to the head. From the article: 'In May 2012, Seau, 43 — football's monster in the middle, a perennial all-star and defensive icon in the 1990s whose passionate hits made him a dominant figure in the NFL — shot himself in the chest at his home in Oceanside, Calif., leaving behind four children and many unanswered questions.'
As Slashdot earlier reported, more than 30 NFL players have in recent years been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a condition once known as 'punch drunk' because it affected boxers who had taken multiple blows to the head."
Obligatory SMBC (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Phut Bawh (Score:2, Funny)
football
I think you meant to type "handegg".
Re:In Fine Slashdot Traditon (Score:2, Funny)
Well it does take an idiot to play it.
Still better than the Slashdot tradition where instead of arguing against an opinion you simply restate it like it would somehow invalidate it.
Re:Go figure. (Score:5, Funny)
heading in soccer also causes brain damage.
Banging one's head against the desk when some idiot posts a convoluted edge case as a rebuttal to a general argument probably also causes brain damage, hypertension, blurred vision and damaged keyboards.
I should probably quit doing it.