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NFL looks at effects of head injuries

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Mar 9, 2007 1:15 AM EST
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Confronted with unhappy and increasingly unhealthy retired players, the NFL is embarking on a study of concussions - estimated to cost as much as $3 million - in search of evidence of chronic brain dysfunction.

Dr. Ira Casson, co-chairman of the league's research team on concussions, this week said he hopes to answer the ominous question "of whether or not a career in the NFL results in any kind of chronic brain injury."

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