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I spoke with Lars Larson on-air about brain injuries in former NFL players, a serious issue with about one-third of these athletes believing they have brain damage and many reporting suicidal thoughts.

We have a culture that completely denies personal responsibility. If we can't control ourselves, we insist that we have a disease. That way, nothing is ever really our fault.

Repetitive head injuries are par for the course for football players. And, more head injuries (with or without concussions) are associated with more long-term neurological damage.

A study last week hit the news hard, like a linebacker, on the topic of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and football.

Football is not the same game it was 10 years ago. Evidence over the last decade has been mounting that parts of the game are harmful to some of its players.

For more than 25 years, Terry Beasley has been living with riveting pain and constant headaches, horrendous results of his football-playing past. 

A small, yet promising, brain trauma study may someday lead to a time when doctors can forecast which patients who incurred concussions or repeated blows to the head will be at risk for future neurological problems.

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