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Of our culture. number two that repeated blows to the head, that you can experience in football obviously isn't good for you and now we understand that it can lead to some pretty significant diseases later on. and finally that the nfl has made some very important changes to the rules of the game and the way they approach head trauma and has really taken this whole issue very seriously. as has other leagues and the ncaa and youth sports. that's what it's all about. it goes down to those kids who go out on the gridiron every friday night or the kids who go onto the hockey rink. we need to make s...

Like several gehrig suffered over his long career may have triggered it. this 1934 picture shows lou gehrig helped off the field after a fastball knocked him unconscious during an exhibition game. dr. robert stern with the boston university school of medicine. he is the coauthor of this new study. doctor, good to talk to you. in your work you never mentioned the name lou gehrig. yet as we read your results this is of course what we're all thinking of, right? >> yeah. it is, scientifically we're not as interested in lou gehrig. we're interested in finding out more about this new disease. the tr...