Concussion settlement highlights difficulty of proving brain damage
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 23:30
in Health & Medicine
Thursday's $765-million settlement between the National Football League and 4,500 retired NFL players underscores two key facts about traumatic brain injury: that it is difficult to prove and measure -- especially many years after the fact -- and that its link to neurocognitive problems that appear years later remains an enigma.