February 2013 Cause and Effects of Hiding Concussions Symptoms You hear almost every day now about‚ the dangers of sustaining a concussion. With all the recent attention this issue is receiving‚ new studies and research are being funded to further determine what damage a concussion does to the brain. However there is something more dangerous than just getting a concussion. Hiding a concussion and its symptoms is an extreme risk athletes have taken for decades. What causes these athletes
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Sandy Hook Cause and Effect On December 14‚ 2012 a 20 year old man by the name of Adam Lanza shot twenty children in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Twenty young children are dead because of one man’s actions‚ and the world is wondering why any person would take part in such a disastrous event. His background yields causes for his subsequent riot actions. The causes of violence at Sandy Hook Elementary school were based on one man’s actions and the effects shocked the nation and changed
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The Effect of Divorce 50 percent of children in the United States watch their parents go through a divorce (Children-and-divorce.com). If you have 10 friends‚ 5 of those friends could have divorced parents. Do you know how it feels to have divorced parents? Maybe you do know‚ maybe you are a victim of divorce. Even though it might be for the best of the parents‚ the loss of stability that comes from a divorce affects children and even adults in many ways. Many children who suffer through their parents
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the brain that causes temporary improper function of the brain. Concussions have been on the rise in the past few years due to the fact of high impact sports. Most of these high impactful sports are America’s past time for little kids because they go outside and play sports such as‚ football‚ baseball‚ basketball and soccer unsupervised with no warning of safety hazards.” More than 62‚000 concussions are sustained each year in high school contact sports‚ and among college football players‚ 34 percent
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Life Long Effect of Concussion Consistently hear about an athlete that resigns long before their prime is over due to a long lasting impacts of concussion. After you encounter a concussion‚ post-concussion will likely linger for a day‚ weeks months even a year. “A Post-concussion syndrome is a complex disorder in which various symptoms such as headaches and dizziness last for weeks and sometimes months after the injury that caused the concussion” (Mayo Clinic). As a concussion casualty gets older
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for gas exchange. In other words‚ you must breathe more to get the same amount of oxygen as if you didn’t smoke. So the effect that has on sports is that you will get tired quicker due to the lack of oxygen‚ which inevitably reduces your endurance. This causes you to become tired and you do not have the energy to fulfil the sport you are playing such as basketball‚ baseball‚ football‚etc. Smoking cigarettes can also make you tired when you are trying to exercise. You start to become weary when you are
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Many children today are at risk of becoming alcoholics. There are many reasons for this‚ in this paper I will exam the causes of underage drinking and they effects that this may place on the individual‚ their families‚ and society. According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services‚ "Young people begin to take risks and experiment as they transition from childhood to adulthood. Without support and guidance‚ some young people may engage in behaviors that place them and others
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My favorite hobby is football .I choose that hobby because it keep me out of trouble when I get out of school‚also because it give me more skills so I can get better at it .Even thought I think im good im not because it got people out there better than me.It my hobby and will always be my hobby.And because of practice I get better and better at it .One day I want to have a good carrer of a football . I gfsfdgsdfgslkfjgsdfkgjl;sdkfgl;sdkfglllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll-
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The causes and effects of Asthma Sufferers The Problem With 5.2 million diagnosed asthmatics in the UK‚ Asthma is a common disease which affects both adults and children. Of these 5.2 million asthmatics‚ 1.1 million are children. Asthma is a condition that has been around for many years and has caused around 1400 deaths per year‚ of which 90% are preventable. [1] The numbers of asthma cases have been high due to environmental changes‚ familial history and lifestyle choices such as smoking
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Football has always been a sport known for hard tackles and rough play‚ making head injuries inevitable. Football injuries are so serious that some states require the immediate removal of anyone suspected of having sustained a concussion and clearance from a qualified medical professional before the player can return to the field. Football is a dangerous sport because of the high impact injuries. Some of the long term negative health effects of football are catastrophic head injuries‚ brain damage
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