Skip to main content

Secondary menu

  • University of California San Francisco
  • About UCSF
  • Search UCSF
  • UCSF Medical Center

Synapse

The School Newspaper
  • Facebook profile for Synapse
  • Twitter profile for Synapse

Main menu

  • Arts
  • Career
  • Health
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Science
  • ColumnsToggle submenu for Columns
    • Why Global Health?
    • Diversity Spotlight
    • Humans of UCSF
    • NeuWrite
    • Research Spotlight
    • Right Brain
    • This Date in UCSF History
    • Storytelling Contest
  • Humans of UCSF Profile Form
  • Submit An Article

Margaret Cunniff

Contributor
Graduate Division
Student
  • Science
Thursday, April 14, 2016 - 12:53

The Reality of Brain Trauma in Sports

By Margaret Cunniff
Recently, concern about the long-term effects of head trauma related to contact sports has skyrocketed. At the center of the controversy are the rising number of former football players suffering from a neurodegenerative condition and the National Football League (NFL), which has largely denied any link between football and degenerative disease.
Continue reading
UCSF Student Voices

Synapse is the UCSF student newspaper. We seek to serve as a forum for the campus community. Articles and columns represent the views of the authors and not necessarily those of the Board of Publications or the University of California.

  • Facebook profile for Synapse
  • Twitter profile for Synapse
  • RSS file for Synapse

Main menu:

  • Arts
  • Career
  • Health
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Science
  • Columns
  • Humans of UCSF Profile Form
  • Submit An Article

About:

  • Join our team
  • Meet our team
  • Board of Publications
  • Submit an ad
  • (415) 502-1484
  • [email protected]

Newsletter:

Get the latest news about the UCSF community sent weekly directly to your inbox during the academic year.

» Subscribe to Synapse

 

More than 50 years of Synapse are available at the Library's Synapse Archive