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Wings. 4 million pizzas and 50 million cases of beer. theres no denying our love affair with the game. alongside those numbers, this years super bowl comes with another set of numbers that made that love much more complicated than ever. these new numbers could make cte as ewe nonmouse with football as nfl. its chronic traumatic enreceive lolg, a brain disease caused by trauma to the head and the scientific evidence points to the connection between this long-term brain disease and the concussions...

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That the autopsy done by the states medical examiner was shoddy. thats a tough accusation lobbied against another expert. >> yeah, it is incomplete. all autopsies in murder cases should have the body examined and the head examined. thats part of the autopsy. the body was going away for cremation. i dont understand why the head wasnt examined. and one of the reasons we do autopsies we examine the head, you dont know what you are going to find. i was a simple matter to take the top of the head off...

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Himself, which is, of course, a tragic irony for someone known as the great communicator. >> this is really a terrible disease. it undermines human dignity. it undermines that sense of self, you know, who we know we are is because of our memory and who we have been until this moment in our lives. and now that is beginning to be erased by the disease. >> this diagnosis, alzheimers, was named after the german dr. who first discovered it in 1906 in the brain tissue of a woman in her 50s. what we kn...

University school of medicine for evidence of damage in the brain called cte. thus far its been found in 30 ex-at leets. many of them played professional football. in the next several months, his brain tissue will be studied. perhaps the questions he grappled with will provide answers. >> i hope it makes a difference. once they find out what the cause is, the nfl takes a stand and says okay, we gonna try to alleviate this problem because if you dont, then all this is for nothing. >> its such an ...

Scene so theyre not left not breathing so deprive the brain of oxygen so the brain is more damaged and blood snflow is critical and able to get to a level 1 trauma center where neurosurgeons are available to alleviate pressure and bleeding inside of the brain will save that pressure is critical to brain tissue so the patient has the maximum opportunity for recovery. those are all very positive factors in this case and its part of the reason why were seeing such a good recovery at this point. >> ...

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