Is the NFL's response to CTE just to sweep it under the rug?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/roger-goodell-defends-the...

Please be careful Sunday sitting on your sofa watching the Super Bowl . Please. As NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell informed us at his annual state of the game address, football might be hazardous, but “there are risks in life. There are risks sitting on a couch.” Indeed there are. You could get your head caught in a pull-out sleeper.

Or as one Twitter wit wrote, “Gotta watch out for those deadly couch concushions.”

 

In a more serious vein here is report on a study of concussion patients.

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Adults who suffer a concussion are three times more likely to die by suicide than the rest of the population, according to a new Canadian study that suggests a need for better long-term follow-up for patients.

There was a median delay of six years between the concussion and the suicide, the study found. About half of those who killed themselves had seen a doctor in the last week of their lives.

The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday, found that people who suffered concussions on weekends tended to fare worse than others. It’s not entirely clear why weekend concussions led to a greater suicide risk, but it could be that people who injure themselves outside of the workplace are less likely to seek medical attention, said Dr. Donald Redelmeier, senior author and senior core scientist at Toronto’s Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/adults-who...