Devastating story about Derek Boogaard, a former National Hockey League player, who had a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head trauma when he died. This brain disease is the same one found in more than 20 former NFL players. From the NYT:
The researchers at the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy who examined Boogaard’s brain said the case was particularly sobering because Boogaard was a young, high-profile athlete, dead in midcareer, with a surprisingly advanced degree of brain damage.
(Source: thedailybeast.com)
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