More than 3.5 million children ages 14 and younger get hurt annually playing sports or participating in recreational activities. Injuries that occur in sports are no joke and can lead to serious injury or even death. Sports such as snowboarding, MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighting, boxing, and tackle football are among the most dangerous (Clemmitt). The number of injuries have increased over the last few years because those athletes do not have the proper equipment for the sport. Common activities such as biking or skateboarding can be dangerous if you do not wear the proper safety equipment. People should be more concerned of the dangers of sports injuries.
C.T.E is a dangerous disease that is being found more and more in dead football player’s brains that can cause that is believed to cause debilitating memory and mood problems (Carey). …show more content…
for short, has been repeatedly linked with playing football and concussions. Dr, Ann McKee, the chief of neuropathy at the V.A. Boston Healthcare System and a professor at Boston University’s medical school, points to a key area that has an abnormal separation in the brain (Carey). The lab in Boston has the largest C.T.E. brain bank in the world. The news of C.T.E. findings are being spread too quickly and people are stating bold claims before having the scientific evidence to back it up. Dr. McKee has stated that the disease has 4 pathological stages and which she has linked to other diseases like depression or explosive anger. Part of the problem of C.T.E. is that it can only be diagnosed after death. Doctors discover the disease by dissecting a brain, and looking for a subtle