How Are Football Brain Injuries and Blast Injuries the Same?

Lee Goldstein, MD, PhD
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Researchers like Dr. Lee Goldstein are studying the effects of repetitive brain injury whether sustained over a season on the football field or in milliseconds from one combat blast.

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Posted on BrainLine February 28, 2013.

Produced by Brian King, Vicky Youcha, and Erica Queen, BrainLine.