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    become one of the largest marketing and mobile companies on the earth. Sports can wear on your body; it can also drastically wear on your brain. Concussion’s are the most serious injury in sports. Weider stated‚ “Brain injuries cause more deaths than any other sports injury” (42). Do we really know the truth about concussions and the effect they have on the brain? First‚ we must understand what concussions are and the dangers that they posses. From the latest data gathered a concussion‚ “is an altered

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    one of four plaintiffs in a class-action suit that claims the NCAA has been negligent regarding awareness and treatment of brain injuries to athletes. The legal action comes after a five-year flurry of awareness of brain injuries in contact sports and follows lawsuits filed this year by dozens of former NFL players who claim the league was negligent in its handling of brain

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    Phineas Gage

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    Phineas Gage is a famous and well-known name in the world of psychology and neurological studies. He made a mark in history‚ on September 13‚ 1848‚ when this 25 year old man tragically survived a severe brain injury at a work site‚ acting as an ignition: sparking up the interest of many in the study of neurology and psychology. Phineas had a rod at 3ft 8 inches in length and 1.25 inch in diameter (Costandi‚ 2006) penetrate into his head‚ tearing right through his front part of his head. This accident

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    loss‚ headache and possibly brain bleeding. Concussions now more than ever are affecting children at younger ages because of negligence and not teaching children the proper ways to handle balls. I personally experienced concussions and there are ways they could have been prevented. Children eighteen years and younger should have to take classes before starting their soccer season to learn about how to prevent concussions‚ take a baseline test to see where the brain is before ever getting a concussion

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    Differ? Head injuries are quite common and occur regularly in all contact sports. Concussions‚ from brain injuries can cause long term effects and can lead to dementia. Too many concussions occur in high school athletes that participate in contact sports. One may suggest that contact sports should be banned from all high schools. Non contact sports should become a part of the physical education curriculum so that young adults should not have to suffer the consequences from head injuries in contact

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    The Mind of a Psychopath – Biological Factors Brain & Behavior Famous serial killers like Ed Gein and Ted Bundy have turned what we only believed to be true in movies and books‚ into a reality. Ed Gein‚ an American serial killer and body snatcher‚ took corpses from local graveyards and fashioned trophies and keepsakes from their bones and skin. After police found body parts in his house in 1957‚ Gein confessed to killing two women. Nearly 14 years later‚ Ted Bundy‚ another

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    Boxing Research Paper

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    professional boxers die in a ring or in the hospital or afterwards as a result of injuries. Others‚ such as Muhammad Ali‚ that has suffered Parkinson’s disease and punch drunk for a long term after his boxing career finished in 1981 when he fought Trevor Berbick and also led to his death in June 2016 .The medical study of boxing shows that boxing can lead

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    doubled in the last decade‚ more than 3 million were reported in the last year alone (headcasecompany.com). The government should enact more laws on the proper treatment of concussions in schools by educating athletes on the risks of untreated brain injuries‚ adequately training coaches on how to encourage the importance of healing rather than playing and properly instructing the athletic trainers on site of the different varieties of concussion symptoms. Long lasting risks of concussions have been

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    A concussion is when the brain bounces against the skull after someone’s head is hit or jolted. Massive swelling spreads through the brain and continues with symptoms such as dizziness‚ nausea‚ irritability to light and sound‚ and even blurred vision. People who have had a concussion in the past may find that it takes longer to recover from their current injury. A blow to the head more than one time has a higher risk for brain damage. No pharmacological treatment exists‚ but people may use pain

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    SUBSTANCE RELATED DISORDERS Nosology: We have two large categories : 1- substance dependence and substance abuse 2- substance induced mental disorders we will deal with the descriptions of the clinical phenomena associated with the use of 11 designated classes of pharmacological agents: alcohol‚ amphetamines or similarly acting agents; caffeine; cannabis; cocaine; hallucinogens; inhalants; nicotine; opioids; phencyclidine (PCP) or similar agents; and sedatives‚ hypnotics‚ and anxiolytics

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