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May 30, 2014

Obama Addresses Concussions in Youth Sports 
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President Obama has called for improved research and protocols to
address concussions in youth sports. Speaking at a White House summit on
the issue, Obama said he likely suffered a concussion when he was young.

President Obama: "Before the awareness was out there, when I was young
and played football briefly, there were a couple of times where I’m
sure that that ringing sensation in my head and the need to sit down for
a while might have been a mild concussion, and at the time you didn’t
think anything of it. The awareness is improved today, but not by much.
So the total number of young people who are impacted by this early on is
probably bigger than we know."

 

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