Sentences with phrase «several blows to the head»

It is a murder,» he said, adding that the victim had suffered several blows to the head, probably with an axe.

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Thanks to the work of several dogged journalists, and despite the NFL's best efforts to subvert the truth, we now know that repeated blows to the head experienced in the normal course of football play can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a type of brain damage resulting in early onset dementia and severe (and, in the worst cases, suicidal) depression.

They've found that a single blow to the head not only causes one fracture, but may also cause several, unconnected fractures in the skull.

Last year, several news outlets reported that after having his brain scanned at the University of California, Los Angeles, former National Football League (NFL) running back Tony Dorsett was told he shows signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease associated with repeated blows to the head.

As it was, however, Ira won our scuffle handily, deftly landing head - to - toe blows and finishing me off with a pop in the eye that caused me to see stars, several comets, and a large portion of the Crab nebula.

Among other things, the child was deliberately burned, punched in the stomach with enough force to damage her internal organs and suffered several serious blows to her head.