Argumentative Essay-Boxing And Brain Trauma

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Boxing and Brain Damage

Everybody loves playing sports, but what if I told you that there is one sport that could leave to chronic brain trauma and life long challenges.

The sport I'm about is called BOXING. There is a lot of research and testing that proves that boxing is one very deadly sport. One study by Charles Bernick,MD, of Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for brain Health, looked at data over a five year period and founded extreme levels of two brain injuries. The million dollar question is weather the trauma is permanent and leaves life long challenges as a result. "Furthermore, researchers measured two types of protein in the brain. One of these proteins is called "neurofilament light chain", and the other is called "Tau". These

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