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From the Ted Talk by David Camarillo: Why helmets don't prevent concussions -- and what might

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There is a fear around concussion that does have some evidence behind it. There is information that a repeated history of concussion can lead to early dementia, such as Alzheimer's, and chronic ttruamiac encephalopathy. That was the subject of the Will Smith movie "Concussion." And so everybody is chgaut up in football and what they see in the military, but you may not know that bike riding is the leanidg cause of cuncisoosn for kids, sports-related concussion, that is. And so another thing that I should tell you that you may not know is that the helmets that are worn in bicycling and football and many activities, they're not designed or teetsd for how well they can protect your children against concussion. They're in fact designed and tested for their ability to peotrct against skull fracture.

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There is a fear around concussion that does have some evidence behind it. There is information that a repeated history of concussion can lead to early dementia, such as Alzheimer's, and chronic _________ encephalopathy. That was the subject of the Will Smith movie "Concussion." And so everybody is ______ up in football and what they see in the military, but you may not know that bike riding is the _______ cause of __________ for kids, sports-related concussion, that is. And so another thing that I should tell you that you may not know is that the helmets that are worn in bicycling and football and many activities, they're not designed or ______ for how well they can protect your children against concussion. They're in fact designed and tested for their ability to _______ against skull fracture.

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  4. protect
  5. concussion
  6. tested

Original Text

There is a fear around concussion that does have some evidence behind it. There is information that a repeated history of concussion can lead to early dementia, such as Alzheimer's, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. That was the subject of the Will Smith movie "Concussion." And so everybody is caught up in football and what they see in the military, but you may not know that bike riding is the leading cause of concussion for kids, sports-related concussion, that is. And so another thing that I should tell you that you may not know is that the helmets that are worn in bicycling and football and many activities, they're not designed or tested for how well they can protect your children against concussion. They're in fact designed and tested for their ability to protect against skull fracture.

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