Scientists discover link between athletes' head injuries, ALS

[SargeUNN]

NEW YORK -- Scientists have found evidence connecting head injuries in athletes to Lou Gehrig's disease, according to a report to air on HBO's "Real Sports" on Tuesday night.

Dr. Ann McKee said in an interview with the television magazine show that she found toxic proteins in the spinal cords of three athletes who had suffered head injuries and then later died of Lou Gehrig's disease, or ALS. Those same proteins have been found in the brains of athletes with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease linked to head injuries that causes cognitive decline, abnormal behavior and dementia.

The findings are to be published in the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology
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[joeybee12]

1. Interesting...adn Lou Gehrig might not have actually had Lou Gehrig's disease

or so they theorize.

[Poiuyt]

2. I know Ann McKee

She's been getting NFL players to donate their brains when they die to study the effects of all the damage from concussions.

[Auggie]

3. Terrell Owens donated his early

:)

[joeybee12]

4. Yeah, but they had to send it back...

...the microscope didn't have a high enough resolution.