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Have problems like brain degeneration. i think its a good movie and depicts how the problem transpired and hopefully makes this a solution. >> merrill, you are retired from the nfl after a traumatic concussion. tell us what happened. >> what happened to me is i was improperly cared after a concussion on a monday night game. i resumed play without being evaluated. i was cleared over the phone to get back on the field. that is the biggest problem in 1994 when my career ended is that we werent cari...

Losing the benefits pushed her that sixth night, they actually into gear, and shes blossoming did make up for some of the here. >> when you are going to upload deficits, when they gave them cognitive testing, they actually your resumé, what must be done did better than they had without that extra sleep. first? >> reporter: but heres the so what they found is that, yes, thing, staff at the senator say to some extent, your brain can most of the people they see recover by getting one really desper...

It. the president has acknowledged that he would be healthier if he lost a few pounds and thats what well try to do. doing measurements, doing some other form of calculation wouldnt have really changed anything clinically for us. >> cognitive testing in the future? >> that will be totally up to the president. >> like i said before, i didnt feel it was clinically indicated on this round. ill talk on him on a regular basis, ill visit with him on a regular opportunity, ill spent lots and lots of ti...

Few pounds. thats what were going to try to do. doing measurements, you know, getting some other, you know, some other form of calculation wouldnt have really changed anything clinically for us. >> his age, will you continue cognitive testing in the future? >> excuse me? >> because of his age, continuing his physicals in the future, will you also continue the cognitive testing? >> thats going to be totally up to the president because like i said before, you know, i didnt feel it was clinically i...

Lost a few points. thats what were going to do. so getting some other form of calculation wouldnt have changed anything clinically for us. >> is there cognitive testing in the future because of his age and continuing his physicals in the future, will you continue the cognitive testing? >> that will be up to the president. i didnt feel it was clinically indicated on this round. so i will continue to monitor the president over the next year. ill talk to him regularly and visit with him every oppor...

>> that not the same thing as a psychiatric or psychological exam. >> reporter: you mentioned you gave the president a cognitive test, can you tell us what specific cognitive test he was given where theres scrutiny of what was overlooked from president reagan was known to suffer from at a later date. would the test you ran exclude any of those things. >> with his age and in continuing physicals will you continue the cognitive testing. >> you said the president requested the cognitive test and it...