Single Season of School Football can Change Brain Even in the Absence of Concussions

High school football players exhibit measurable brain changes after a single season of play even in the absence of concussion, reveals a new study. Christopher T. Whitlow, M.D., Ph.D., M.H.A., associate professor of radiology at Wake Forest School of Medicine and radiologist at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C, said that the study adds to the growing body of evidence that a season of play in a contact sport can affect the brain in the absence ...

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