Brain damage in American Football

Overview of attention for article published in British Medical Journal, March 2015

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news: 81 news outlets
blogs: 2 blogs
twitter: 72 X users

facebook: 6 Facebook pages
googleplus: 1 Google+ user
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Call for ban on ‘harmful contact’ in school rugby

Irish Examiner, 27 Sep 2017

Scientists in UK cite premature death and dementia among dangers facing youngsters on playing fields Scrums and tackling should…

News story from Yorkshire Post on Tuesday 26 September 2017

Yorkshire Post, 26 Sep 2017

Scientists push Government to ban tackling and scrums in school rugby

AOL (UK), 26 Sep 2017

Schools should ban "harmful contact" from rugby games, experts have said. In a new opinion piece published in a leading medical…

News story from Chichester Observer on Tuesday 26 September 2017

Chichester Observer, 26 Sep 2017

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