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We explain what we know about the disease after the shooting in Manhattan.

Chris Nowinski, who retired from World Wrestling Entertainment more than 20 years ago due to brain injuries, became a neuroscientist and eventually one of the world’s most renowned figures in concussion and CTE research. 

Irish rugby star Garry Ringrose has been praised after he withdrew from the British and Irish Lions squad for Saturday’s second test against Australia after experiencing concussion symptoms.

Host Flora Lichtman talks with Yasmin Tayag, staff writer at The Atlantic, who explored a controversial treatment called Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories, and the challenges of even studying a treatment that bucks conventional wisdom.

A woman said she felt "robbed" of her birth experience after a "painful" and "traumatic" delivery left her with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and post-natal depression.

Luckily my instinct and training kicked in, and the result was a happy ending

As the Fourth of July holiday approaches rapidly, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is reminding locals about the trauma that can be associated with fireworks for those who have previously served.  

A supercharged version of a one-on-one tackle game originated in the backyards and school playgrounds of Australia and New Zealand. One person carrying a ball must "run it straight" at the defender, who is also sprinting towards them: they are not allowed to duck, hurdle or sidestep the tackler.

The groundswell of support for the league is increasingly being rivalled by critical voices. Medical experts and sporting figures are worried about the physical and mental health impacts of the game - which has also become a wider social media craze, that is already accused of claiming one life.

"It's like shaking a baby," says Peter Satterthwaite, whose teenage nephew died after copying the game at a party.

Dr. Beth McQuiston sits down with Adventure On SI to discuss the revolutionary Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) test developed by Abbott, which will evolve the speed at which medical staff can diagnose TBI.

There is “no safe limit” for heading a football, the high court heard, as lawyers acting for former players who suffered permanent brain injuries sought to advance their case against the game’s authorities.

Within six weeks of Samuel Paske learning his mother had been diagnosed with an aggressive and rare form of blood cancer, she was gone. The recurring vision of his mother in hospital was playing "on a loop" in his head.

So, his psychologist asked him to recall that vision in detail.

"He said, 'Just keep on talking, keep on picturing that image in your head. I'm going to hold my finger up in front of you and then I want you to, as you continue talking to me and as you continue to hold that image in your head, follow my finger.'"

Paske was undergoing an initial session of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. A treatment he says had an immediate impact.