... players, are more commonly diagnosed. Concussions are caused by a large blow to the head or body that can then lead to dizziness, sleepiness, loss of memory, migraines, and, in females, personality changes. Brain trauma, although still serious, is taking a violent hit in the head or body, but not producing extreme symptoms. A person who just experienced brain trauma may only feel slightly ... concussions are now what is causing ALS and CTE's, sports officials and referees are now changing and adding rules, and designing tests to make sports, like the NFL, safer to protect the athletes f...

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... , a reduction in activity, amount, quality, or force, a lowering of vitality or functional activity in daily life . Doctors have researched the brain and found that it is no longer just someone's personality, but an actual malfunction of the brain. Serotonin has been discovered. Some serotonin can be received by sunlight and happy things, but most is produced as a chemical in the brain ... cause of death among 10 to 24 year-olds. Early untreated depression also increases a youngster's chance of developing more severe depression as an adult as well as bipolar disease and personality disor...

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... works. First, psychophysiologic skin reactions, including hair loss, hives, and acne. An example of this is eczema, or esse sive itching. Some people show no sign of allergy in skin tests but it has been noted that the skin is extremely responsive to the subjects state of mind. For instance, when afraid their skin felt cold, when embarrassed the subject blushed ... of cancer. Researchers in cancer found that the emotions effected not only the start of the cancer but also its rate of growth. It was learned that patients with certain personality traits have slow-growing tumors while with ...

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... are affected, and the person might need a respirator (ventilator) in order to breathe. Because ALS only affects the muscles, a person's mind is not impaired, so he or she still has personality, intelligence, and memory, and can see, hear, taste, and recognize touch. People with ALS can live 3 to 10 years or more after diagnosis. Who gets it? People are most commonly ... their bodies, so research is looking at the connection between glutamate and ALS. In addition, scientists are looking for some biochemical abnormality that all people with ALS share, so that tests to detect and diagnose ...

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