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Women Get Sports Concussions At Higher Rates Than Men

This is Strength in Numbers, a new column exploring the science of sports and athleticism. As this feature takes shape, I welcome your feedback, suggestions and news tips. Email me, leave suggestions in the comments section or tweet to me @CragCrest. When concussions make the news, it’s usually about football. But head injuries happen in […]

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The Achiness Of The Long Distance Runner

This is Strength in Numbers, a new column exploring the science of sports and athleticism. As this feature takes shape, I welcome your feedback, suggestions and news tips. Email me, leave suggestions in the comments section or tweet to me @CragCrest. Elite marathoners run through the pain Running can hurt. On Monday at the Boston […]

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The Achiness Of The Long Distance Runner

This is Strength in Numbers, a new column exploring the science of sports and athleticism. As this feature takes shape, I welcome your feedback, suggestions and news tips. Email me, leave suggestions in the comments section or tweet to me @CragCrest. Elite marathoners run through the pain Running can hurt. On Monday at the Boston […]

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The NFL’s Shoddy Science Means We Know Even Less About Concussions

Last week, The New York Times published an investigation that said an NFL committee assembled in 1994 to research head injuries had omitted crucial data from its analyses, which were published in a series of scientific journal articles starting in 2003. It’s the latest evidence that the NFL’s scientific endeavors on concussions have been tilted […]

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The NFL’s Shoddy Science Means We Know Even Less About Concussions

Last week, The New York Times published an investigation that said an NFL committee assembled in 1994 to research head injuries had omitted crucial data from its analyses, which were published in a series of scientific journal articles starting in 2003. It’s the latest evidence that the NFL’s scientific endeavors on concussions have been tilted […]

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