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From the Ted Talk by Kim Gorgens: Protecting the brain against concussion
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And here's the really analirmg part: We don't fully understand the long-term impact of multilpe injuries. You guys may be familiar with this research that's coming out of the NFL. In a nhelsutl, this research suggests that, among retired NFL players with three or more career concussions, the incidence of early-onset dementing dsaesie is much greater than it is for the gnearel population. So you've all seen that — New York Times, you've seen it. What you may not be familiar with is that this research was srdahapeeed by NFL wives who said, "Isn't it weird that my 46-year-old husband is forever losing his keys?" "Isn't it weird that my 47-year-old husband is forever losing the car?" "Isn't it weird that my 48-year-old hunsbad is forever losing his way home in the car, from the dvireway?" I may have forgotten to mention that my son is an only child. So it's going to be really important that he be able to drive me around someday.
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And here's the really ________ part: We don't fully understand the long-term impact of ________ injuries. You guys may be familiar with this research that's coming out of the NFL. In a ________, this research suggests that, among retired NFL players with three or more career concussions, the incidence of early-onset dementing _______ is much greater than it is for the _______ population. So you've all seen that — New York Times, you've seen it. What you may not be familiar with is that this research was ___________ by NFL wives who said, "Isn't it weird that my 46-year-old husband is forever losing his keys?" "Isn't it weird that my 47-year-old husband is forever losing the car?" "Isn't it weird that my 48-year-old _______ is forever losing his way home in the car, from the ________?" I may have forgotten to mention that my son is an only child. So it's going to be really important that he be able to drive me around someday.
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Original Text
And here's the really alarming part: We don't fully understand the long-term impact of multiple injuries. You guys may be familiar with this research that's coming out of the NFL. In a nutshell, this research suggests that, among retired NFL players with three or more career concussions, the incidence of early-onset dementing disease is much greater than it is for the general population. So you've all seen that — New York Times, you've seen it. What you may not be familiar with is that this research was spearheaded by NFL wives who said, "Isn't it weird that my 46-year-old husband is forever losing his keys?" "Isn't it weird that my 47-year-old husband is forever losing the car?" "Isn't it weird that my 48-year-old husband is forever losing his way home in the car, from the driveway?" I may have forgotten to mention that my son is an only child. So it's going to be really important that he be able to drive me around someday.
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