What contact sport is doing to our brains | ABC News Daily Podcast

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ม.ค. 2025
  • When you’re watching sport on a weekend whether at a professional, amateur or even school level you’ll always hear the crowd gasp if a player takes a blow to the head.
    We know it’s not good for the brain, especially a child’s, but do we really understand the extent of the damage it can cause?
    In early September a senate committee recommended a national strategy to reduce concussion in sport.
    In this episode we speak to former AFL player Shaun Smith who has probable CTE, a brain disorder likely caused by repeated knocks, and neuroscientist Dr Fatima Nasrallah about how we could make sport much safer. Subscribe: ab.co/NewsDaily
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