Pitfalls of Soft Deletes: Measuring the Impact on Unique Constraints, Indexes, and FKs in MySQL｜Kou - note（ノート）

IntroductionIt is a common story that a table started with the assumption that "soft deletes using `deleted_at` are safe" ...
Healio

Q&A: CTE risks persist for football players despite changes in play

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cumulative exposure to head impacts is a risk factor for CTE. Changes in equipment, sports medicine, rules and ...
Washington Post

CTE isn’t just an NFL problem. Youth football is risky, too.

An alarming new study about the high rate of degenerative brain disease among former NFL players has rightfully drawn attention to the risks that professional athletes face. But calls for reform at ...
USA Today

NFL players with advanced CTE got lowest impairment rating in league testing | Exclusive

A Boston University study found that NFL players with advanced CTE did not qualify for compensation under the NFL Concussion Settlement. Researchers linked cognitive testing performance during life ...
National Geographic

The Race to Develop a CTE Test for Football Players—While They Are Still Alive

There's no sure way to diagnose the degenerative brain disease while a person is still alive. Now researchers are combining brain imaging, blood tests, and more to find answers. Chronic traumatic ...
STAT

The most shocking thing about the latest statistics on CTE in football is that we find them so shocking

Harrison is a historian of science and public health at Wellesley College. A new study led by Boston-area researchers has set my media feeds abuzz with the finding that nearly 1 in 4 NFL players in ...
CNN

What it’s like to live with – and lose – a loved one with CTE

Maura Horton read the latest stories, the ones detailing the startling research that as many as one in four NFL players could end up with CTE, and she knew what would happen next. People would talk ...
Harvard Medical School

After CTE found in 1 in 4 former NFL players, expert calls for further research, treatment for symptoms

The degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is likely much more common among former football players than previously thought, according to a new study from researchers at ...
Yahoo! Sports

Alarming new study shows high prevalence of CTE in NFL players

SEC leaders appear ready to expand the College Football Playoff to 24 teams, chasing revenue while risking the sport's best asset: its season. For 61 straight days — every single day of October and ...
Yahoo! Sports

A new study of former NFL players' brains found CTE in nearly 25%. What do experts say concerned current players should do about that?

Ex-Chiefs Pro Bowler Reveals Terrifying Memory Issues As He Fears CTE Diagnosis Larry Johnson spent his best NFL years carrying a heavy load for the Kansas City Chiefs. In 2005 and 2006, he handled ...
WBUR

Boston researcher explains finding that CTE could affect at least 1 in 4 NFL players

At least 1 in 4 NFL players are likely to end up with the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. That’s the finding of Boston-based researchers who set out to determine just how ...