Mike Webster’s brain and believed the disease was caused from years of football. This disease did not just stop at Mike Webster. Today, a total of 87 out of 91 deceased NFL players test positive for brain disease (Concussion Watch). This lead a variety of doctors to assume that concussions sustained in football had life-long harmful effects to its players. When the NFL was notified about Omalu’s findings, they adamantly denied that concussions sustained in football lead to chronic brain issues, and
sports after having a concussion. The argument is separated by those who believe it is safe to return from a concussion to sports and those who believe it is not safe to return. Those who believe the child should stop playing sports are acting out of safety and concern for the child’s future. They believe after one concussion it is in the best interest of the athlete to stop exposing them to risk of danger. Those who believe it is safe to return to sports after a concussion, have placed their trust in
we perceive as willful actions because our brain cannot perceive what causes our actions. An experiment conducted by Dr. Libet showed that some unconscious processes in our brain may have already decided what we will do before we consciously feel the will to do something. What we perceive as conscious will may just be an illusion created by our brain to explain why we do things. However libet also found that even though some unknown processes in the brain might have decided what we will do, we still
can often cause tearing of the veins in the brain which cause swelling and bleeding. Another explanation of concussions is found in the Textbook of Medical Physiology. It defines concussions as when the brain tissue and capillaries are traumatized and capillary fluid leaks into the traumatized tissues. This causes one of two possible negative consequences. 1.) The swelling causes the compression of the veins, which in turn slows the bloodflow of the brain. The the compression of the veins leads to
continuously from it. There are no real benefits from marijuana making it more harmful than effective. Marijuana should stay illegal due to the endangering of public safety, having negative effect on mental and physical health, and, jeopardizing the youth. To being with, Marijuana users who consume the drug on the job can seriously put public safety at risk. It is true that many jobs drug test, however many of those jobs may drug test
:13453960 Class : 2A DRAWBACKS OF ANIMAL TESTING Animal testing is using the animal for testing in research and development project. The experiment obtains to control variable, the effect, the appearance and behavior or the biological system under study. The purpose of the experience on animal is observing the interaction of new medicine or cosmetic or food on the animal before applying on human. The experiment seems to be very valuable but animal testing also has many drawbacks. Therefore, there
According to the study conducted at Royal Society for Public Health,“Social media and networking websites can be more addictive than cigarettes and alcohol.” Social media has greatly affected young people’s mental health and wellbeing in issues such as anxiety and depression, between the age of 14 and 24. Eliminating social media for younger people can help your loved ones with their self-confidence and intelligence for the future. Today, I am going to discuss the reasons why kids under the age of
does it mean for the future of football? It may go away for good to save lives all around if the game can't get safer. That's why former NFL players brains get donated once they pass, so they are able to identify if they are diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) or not. In the article “Study: CTE found in nearly all donated NFL brains” shows that the problem is football when it comes to head injuries and why its future may come to an end soon if it doesnt come together with results
1980's and 1990's several laws in response to "stranger danger" cases made this registry available to the whole public. This public sex offender registry gave away the offender's name, address, and photo. The registry can contain offender's as young as 14 years old and they will spend their whole life on this registry. Being on the registry only makes it more difficult for juveniles to be rehabilitated back into society. A sense of safety is given to the community but the individual them self are left
Drug Abuse can be treated by several solutions Recently, A serious health issue started to appear and spread in earth, putting the safety of many living people nearby in danger. substance abuse is the consumption of drugs in amounts which is harmful to their body. In fact, this problem threatens the safety and balance of the whole world and thus requires detailed research and fast reactions, substance abuse as it is named by doctors and government , created a huge problem for government in