Dave Deurson News Today

>> send us food items that you will be buying for super bowl party. send them to friends friends@foxnews.com. if you have a photo send them as well. friendsfriends@foxnews.com. >> i work monday through friday in the great city of philadelphia. we are gearing up for a lot of former nfl players to come there thats where the big lawsuit, a trial is going to be. if the judge allows it to go through, it is going to make a decision in april. all these players saying they have head injuries the nfl sho...

He was part of a lawsuit challenging the nfls handling of concussion-related injuries. family members said he had dementia. just last year the former chicago bears safety dave deurson requested that his brain be donated to science to study the long-term effects of concussions. that was before investigators say he shot himself in the chest. and the scientists who examined deursons brain as well as junior. researches at boston university report they investigated brain samples from 85 people all of...

You may remember earlier this year, former chicago bear, dave deurson found to have a form of dementia from constant hard hits to his brain. this year alone more than 80 former nfl players, including 4 last week filed suits claiming that the nfl hid the dangers of concussions from them. the first part of the nfl says player safety is a priority and gave a statement that read in part, any allegation that the nfl intentionally sought to mislead players has no merit. it stands in contrast to the le...

the head but survives. >> she was exceedingly lucky, right? when i saw the trajectory of where one hole was and the other hole was, i was like oh, my gosh. however -- >> because it was so far apart. >> it wasnt a little thing it went through a lot. >> three and a half months later the first public steps in the congresswomans remarkable recovery. in 2011, i tried to put a spotlight on big hits in the brain finding growing evidence that football puts young people at serious risk and prof...