Show 1011: Sports and Concussions
The People's Pharmacy
Joe and Terry Graedon
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2015
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Sports are a great way for kids to get physical activity and learn teamwork. But how vulnerable are kids’ brains when they play sports?
In many popular sports such as football, soccer or lacrosse, players may collide with each other or with the ball. How could a bump on the head affect the brain?
What Are Concussions?
Learn what concussions are and how they are diagnosed. We’ll also explore the possible consequences of concussions.
What could be done to prevent concussions? We’ll discuss the best ways to treat a head injury to minimize long-lasting damage.
This is the first of two shows on head injury and concussion.
This Week’s Guests:
Alan Finkel, MD, FAAN, FAHS, is co-founder and partner of the Carolina Headache Institute. He is also President and CEO of The Carolina Headache Foundation and a contractor for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Centers in Fort Bragg, NC. Dr. Finkel is chair of the Post-traumatic Headache Section of the American Headache Society. The photo is of Dr. Finkel.
Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, ATC, is Kenan Distinguished Professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is also Co-Director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center and Director of the Center for the Study of Retired Athletes. He has just been named Dean of the UNC College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Guskiewicz has served on NCAA’s Concussion Committee, NFL’s Head, Neck, and Spine Committee, and NFLPA’s Mackey-White Committee and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2011.
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| 0:40.3 | For decades, concussions were considered an unavoidable hazard of sports like football, |
| 0:46.3 | lacrosse and rugby. What's changed? This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon. |
| 1:04.5 | Head injuries can cause lasting scars in the brain where you can't see them. |
| 1:08.8 | Even seemingly minor concussions may produce long-lasting harm. |
| 1:12.5 | When thousands of football players successfully sued the NFL because it downplayed the dangers of concussions, |
| 1:15.9 | Americans started paying more attention to brain injuries. |
| 1:19.6 | How vulnerable are children playing sports like soccer, football, or hockey? |
| 1:24.1 | How could sports be changed to protect their heads better? |
| 1:29.1 | What about other types of head injuries such as car accidents or falls? Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, the latest on diagnosing |
| 1:35.5 | and treating head injuries. First, this news. In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, |
| 1:43.8 | processed meats such as salami, bacon, hot dogs, or ham have been classified as human carcinogens, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer. This branch of the World Health Organization also suggested that people who regularly eat red meat may be putting themselves at risk for prostate |
| 2:02.4 | or pancreatic cancer. This is not the first time that processed meat has been suspected of |
| 2:08.5 | contributing to human cancer. The American Cancer Society tracked more than 184,000 volunteers |
| 2:15.1 | between 1992 and 2009. |
| 2:18.3 | They found that those who ate 10 servings a week of processed meats were at much higher |
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