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The NHL has clamped down recently on head hits and issued heavy fines and suspensions, but have the concussions stopped? And why are players who come into the NHL allowed to take their face protection off, when they graduate to the big leagues?
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The United States Department of Defense is using video games to help troops that have had brain injuries. They are also testing all soldiers that are returning from combat to see if they have an injury.
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An autopsy for Tom McHale showed that he like five other former National Football League players had brain abnormalities. Those brain problems stem from years of concussions received while playing football.
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Soldiers in combat zones may have hidden head injures. That's the word from a clinical neuropsychologist who was speaking at a conference on military trauma Thursday.
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 A small study raises more concern about the long-term consequences of brain injuries suffered by thousands of soldiers — suggesting they may be at risk of developing the same degenerative brain disease as some retired football and hockey players.
A man is accused of stealing the identites of 56 brain-injury patients, filing false income tax returns for them and keeping the refunds for himself.
Soldier accused of shooting families in Afghanistan suffered a brain injury.
 The family of former NFL star Junior Seau will donate his brain for research into repetitive head injuries. Seau was found dead Wednesday after he shot himself in the chest.
 A Dutch prince struck by an avalanche while skiing off-trail in Austria last week suffered massive brain damage and may never awaken, doctors say.
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