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    The Brain

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    How the Brain works... Have you ever wondered what an individual’s brain works before they begin to abuse different substances? The Brain is an organ in the body that is capable of many, many things in all reality the brain controls your every movement thought and everything that you do in life. You can’t even do a simple task without your brain telling you how to do it, things even such as breathing. Then to think how all of this can change just by deciding to abuse drugs or alcohol. It…

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    athletes are facing. Allowing an athlete to resume their activity while having a head injury is a poor decision because the athlete already has encountered brain damage and it could get worse if injured again. Throughout the years student athletes become more prone to concussions due to the fact that they lack recognition that brain damage has occurred, and the reliability of self-reporting symptoms. Article 1 states that when an athlete's coach says "he had his bell rung" it can tell the…

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    for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 1.7 million people in the United States have a traumatic brain injury each year. Brain injury can be defined as something that isn’t hereditary, degenerative, or present at birth that causes damage to the brain. The most common types of brain injury are traumatic brain injury, concussion, and stroke. Brain injuries cause “changes in metabolism and function of cells not only in close proximity to the dying tissue but also in more remote…

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    A concussion is a injury that effects the way that the brain works. It is commonly believed when you get a concussion you blackout, so some concussions go undetected because their was no loss of consciousness. Most concussions are not severe so the side effects go away with time and rest. Concussions are a minor type of brain trauma, but multiple concussions can lead to very serious mental problems. (Mayo Clinic) Concussions are caused by either a blow to the head or violent shaking of the…

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    it cannot be overlooked. If a problem is growing how can it be exaggerated? The NFL needs to address concussions before it gets out of hand. Overall the NFL should pay more attention to the concussion issue to pretect players from traumatic brain damage. The NFL should do more to protect players from constantly taking hits, endorse safer helmets, and change the return time for players. The National Football League should strongly consider paying more attention to the concussion issue in order to…

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    excessive hot coffee claiming to keep that tasty and also refused to reduce the temperature even after the company was about to sue. I think this also falls in the line of damages that were retained as a result of McDonald’s negligence. It wasn’t enough that McDonald’s admitted that temperature was extremely hot, but fail to admit the damage made by coffee (Stella Leibeck’s ‘hot coffee’ McDonald’s Lawsuit 1992). The company only ready to pay $800 while defendant was asking for $20000 for medical…

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    Brain Injuries In Football

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    newspaper, but it almost happened to a former NFL football player, Dave Kocourek (Segura). During a professional football game, many players are at risk for suffering concussions. Repeated blows to the head and violent contacts can lead to severe brain damage, which might cause chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Some solutions that can decrease the risks of brain injuries are to improve helmets, provide more information about the risks of injuries, change rules for kickoff, change the…

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    Sometimes, a person may meet with an accident and may suffer from severe injuries. Some of these injuries could be quite apparent at that time, but there are certain injuries such as the brain injuries that may be hidden at that time. Many times these injuries manifest at a later stage and cause devastation. If your family member has suffered from traumatic brain injury then you should always consult an experienced Injury Lawyer Port Hope who has specialized in handling brain injury cases. Some…

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    (AGG) “Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians.” a quote from Alan Dershowitz which connects directly to the novel. (BS-1) Similarly, an act of pragmatic collateral damage caused Najmah to lose and subsequently search out her family. (BS-2) This same empirical bombing prompts Najmah’s distrust of people. (BS-3) Finally, a practical bombing kills Faiz, creating lack of communication which causes Nusrat to…

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    Concussions have always been a known risk when playing contact sports. Until recently they were not seen as a big deal. If you got knocked around a little too hard one play you were given some water, sat out a couple of plays, but as long as you were still conscious you were able to continue playing. It is our sheer ignorance of concussions that has allowed the effects long and short term to go unrecognized. With new studies showing the effects a concussion can have on the brain long and…

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