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        <title>Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Family of Derek Boogaard files wrongful-death lawsuit against NHL]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-13 11:55:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The family of former NHL player Derek Boogaard, who died of an accidental overdose of pain medication and alcohol, has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the NHL, blaming it for brain damage he suffered during his playing career and painkiller...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Serena Williams beats Maria Sharapova to win Madrid Open]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-12 21:43:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Serena Williams kept the No. 1, and added No. 50. 

Williams beat Maria Sharapova, 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Madrid Open Sunday to retain her No. 1 ranking and collect her 50th career title. And Rafael Nadal eased by Stanislas Wawrinka, 6-2, 6-4, for...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[On eve of Super Bowl, football caught between a rock and hard tackle]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-et-cm-football-and-architecture-20130203,0,3478094.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-02-02 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[One afternoon in early January, I took a tour of the refurbished Memorial Stadium in Berkeley with a pair of architects from the firm HNTB. For me it was a visit brimming with nostalgia: I grew up about three miles north of the stadium, in the Berkeley...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Study finds chronic brain damage in retired football players]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-01-22 14:46:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Doctors have discovered a way for professional football players to see how much damage their brains have suffered through a bruising career before it&rsquo;s too late, according to a new study. 

UCLA researchers led a team of scientists that used a...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Junior Seau's family sues NFL over his brain injuries]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-01-23 10:34:43</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Doctors have discovered a way for professional football players to see how much damage their brains have suffered through a bruising career before it&rsquo;s too late, according to a new study. 

UCLA researchers led a team of scientists that used a...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Steinberg: Athletes Speak might help find solution to concussion problem]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/tn-dpt-sp-0519-concussions-steinberg-20130518,0,2280025.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-18 20:39:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A new health epidemic looms on the horizon like a ticking time bomb. It is the spectre of cumulative brain damage suffered from repetitive sub-concussive hits to the head in football and other sports. 

A concussion does not necessitate being knocked...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Late Steelers great Webster's case launched the CTE brain debate]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-14 11:54:03</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Garrett Webster still remembers the incident because it was so out of character for his dad. 

His father, former Steelers center Mike Webster, had come to his elementary school to pick him up, and a woman drove through the school zone too fast, "and my...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Long-term brain damage at heart of huge NFL lawsuit]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-long-term-brain-damage-at-heart-of-huge-nfl-20130514,0,5416297.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-14 11:54:03</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The massive legal action brought by former players against the National Football League has been known as a concussion lawsuit. 

But make no mistake, experts say. The brain degeneration known as CTE is at the heart of the civil suits by more than 5,000...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawsuit alleges hockey enforcer died after NHL doctors gave him painkillers]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-14 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The family of a veteran National Hockey League player has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in Chicago, alleging the league was responsible for his being supplied with excessive amounts of painkillers during six seasons as an "enforcer." 

The lawsuit, filed...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The tragedy of CTE: a brain disease that afflicts athletes.]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/sns-mct-the-tragedy-of-cte-a-brain-disease-that-afflicts-20130512,0,4695257.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-12 10:14:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Chris Henry was a fleet wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals. During his five seasons with the team, he developed a reputation as a talented athlete on the field but a bad boy off it, even though those who knew him well say he was typically quiet...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brain damage and the Boston bombing]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-22 15:01:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[When it came out that suspected Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev was a former Golden Gloves boxer, I wondered if there might be a connection. It's not that boxers are necessarily violent people outside the ring, but boxers are subject to brain damage...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mixed Martial Arts: Getting hurt, playing hurt part of the game]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-21 03:34:02</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Don't let anybody mislead you, young, aspiring mixed martial artists. 

Whether you pursue the sport with all your heart, soul and might, or merely dabble in it, you will get hurt. 

It might be your shoulder being wrenched or collar bone getting...]]></description>
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