Sentences with phrase «repeated hits»

Researchers believe the disease is caused by repeated hits to the head, and it has been found to lead to memory loss and dementia.

This is also why you often see investors have repeated hits in a given area.

Repeated hits of saturated fats cause brain cells to become resistant to appetite - controlling hormones such as leptin, so you no longer get the signal that your stomach is full according to a study at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

By comparison, Guard Impact leaves you a little more open for repeat hits and costs 25 % of a Critical Gauge charge.

As a (largely unintentional) side effect, players also had less traffic to deal with, and more of a chance of avoiding repeated hits fighting through blocks and clustered tacklers.

Phillips: Because you named the disease, because you found the physical evidence of the disease and made that correlation and connected it to repeated hits on the head?

The disease was known to occur in people who had experienced repeated hits to the head, such as boxers.

Many scientists theorize that CTE is caused by repeated hits to the head, and that with each hit the brain rattles around in the skull.

The suit accused the NFL of failing to act on a body of medical evidence showing that repeated hits to the head can cause long - term health problems.

Dr. Andrew Peterson, University of Iowa team physician, says that injury rates are low and mostly predicated on long careers and repeated hits — not a few years of contact sports during middle or high school.

Dr Stern added: «However, other research suggests that incurring repeated head impacts can lead to long - term consequences, and we should be doing what we can at all levels in all sports to minimize these repeated hits.»

But with the N.F.L. agreeing to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to settle a lawsuit brought by about 5,000 former players who said the league hid from them the dangers of repeated hits to the head, a backpedaling league has corrected its lingo and hastily amended its methodology.

Repeated hits to the head — even mild ones — can take their toll.

Because the liver is the body's primary method for diffusing harmful toxins, it takes a real beating under the repeated hits of too much alcohol.

In the home city of one of the most renowned teams in the NFL, Omalu research shows that Mike Webster's death is a result of thousands of repeated hits to his head over his many years of involvement with football.

Boylan also said, «Non-fiction (including academic) is a strong seller, but it tends to be spread across a wider range of titles whereas the new titles in fiction have repeated hits.»

Cards Against Humanity is a gift that was given to me a few months ago and has proven to be a repeated hit at social gatherings (when appropriate).