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Hi Filomena, Is this a statistically-significant enough figure to be
concerned about? Or is Diane Sawyers doing what we in the media often
do -- take episodic evidence and talk about it as if it is something
worth serious worry about?
Of course, one could argue that even a single case of the kind you
describe below is important. But it's also an issue of priorities,
isn't it? (Sometime back, they were suggesting boxing is to cruel to
be a sport. Even watching TV can be risky to health, as we all know.)
FN
PS: Tuned in to NRP via Minnesota Public Radio.
Frederick Noronha
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On 14 September 2010 20:05, Filomena Giese <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just saw Diane Sawyers interview a young girl on ABC News who is practically
> incapacitated because of repeated head injuries, playing basketball.
> Even if she turns her head, she can get another concussion and a terrible
> headache. All this came out in a Pediatrics Journal article.
>
> It seems children and teenagers are getting more and more concussions,
> starting
> young, playing basketball. These fractures keep multiplying, and pretty soon
> these kids are practically incapacitated by brain injury - can't do their
> homework, play any sports etc.
>
> The young girl was playing basketball to try to get a college scholarship.
> Be
> warned.
