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Baobab

(4,667 posts) Sun Apr 3, 2016, 12:41 PM Apr 2016

The NFL's Shoddy Science Means We Know Even less About Concussions

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-nfls-shoddy-science-means-we-know-even-less-about-concussions/

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The NFL's Shoddy Science Means We Know Even less About Concussions (Original Post) Baobab Apr 2016 OP

The science of concussions is evolving rapidly greymattermom Apr 2016 #1

greymattermom

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1. The science of concussions is evolving rapidly

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Sun Apr 3, 2016, 02:45 PM

Apr 2016

mostly because of the military interest in the consequences of blast injury. Consequences are becoming known rapidly, and they won't be able to hide the data. I know this because I'm a reviewer of both NIH and Department of Defense proposals to study the issue.

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