Football, dogfighting, and brain damage : The New Yorker

Rather scary discussion of the buildup of tau protein in
ex-footballers. Tau usually marks the second
stage of Alzheimers, while the buildup of beta-amyloid marks the first.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/10/19/091019fa_fact_gladwell?currentPage=all

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