{"id":9323,"date":"2018-01-20T05:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9323"},"modified":"2018-01-19T10:30:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T15:30:39","slug":"repeated-head-hits-not-just-concussions-may-lead-to-a-type-of-chronic-brain-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9323","title":{"rendered":"Repeated Head Hits, Not Just Concussions, May Lead To A Type Of Chronic Brain Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Tom Goldman for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>We live in an age of heightened awareness about concussions. From battlefields around the world to football fields in the U.S., we&#8217;ve heard about the dangers caused when the brain rattles around inside the skull and the possible link between concussions and the degenerative brain disease\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/concussionfoundation.org\/CTE-resources\/what-is-CTE\">chronic traumatic encephalopathy<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2018\/01\/18\/578355877\/repeated-head-hits-not-concussions-may-be-behind-a-type-of-chronic-brain-damage?utm_campaign=KHN:%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=60092901&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-99AiXE_Tq0I_ssqu3vyfJu5awX9Vb_T_KzGN4YuvZpHgbfTxv8FQfiT1C3ZEWRuxIR4XKZ2cu3SjJ3XZkM5qm3vSWwlQ&amp;_hsmi=60092901\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-research-medicare-hospital-physician-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7803\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-research-medicare-hospital-physician--300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-research-medicare-hospital-physician--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/medical-research-medicare-hospital-physician-.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Tom Goldman for NPR) We live in an age of heightened awareness about concussions. From battlefields around the world<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9324,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9323\/revisions\/9324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}