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Neurology® Podcast Vascular Risk Factors and Biomarker Association With White Matter Hyperintensities in American Football Players

Dr. Shuvro Roy talks with Dr. Monica T. Ly about brain lesions in former football players linked to vascular brain changes. Read the related article in . Disclosures can be found at .

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AMA Update 257: Super Bowl weekend, NFL concussion protocol and Damar Hamlin update with Allen Sills, MD

Heading into Super Bowl weekend we chat with the National Football League’s Chief Medical Officer, Allen Sills, MD, about how he’s advancing health and safety on and off the football field. Hear more about professional athlete concussion diagnosis and management, plus more details on the NFL emergency action plans that help medical staff provide life-saving care to players like Buffalo Bills Safety Damar Hamlin.

As a neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of athletes, Dr. Sills also serves as a professor of neurological surgery at Vanderbilt and is the founder and co-director of the Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center. American Medical Association #CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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