The Republican Brain hit uncomfortably close to home for me.
This month the National Institutes of Health said tissue samples from Seau's brain showed that he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head hits and brain trauma.
The N.F.L. is being sued by several thousand retired players who accuse the league of concealing a link between head hits and brain injuries.
It may take years and perhaps decades for doctors to determine how much of a role head hits and brain trauma have in patients with C.T.E., as opposed to genetic predisposition and health maladies like heart disease.
"Why aren't there brains hitting the camera already?" we ask ourselves, reaching for another fistful of Whoppers.
After a bit of provocation from Helen (and ouzo), I sucked the brains out of a fish head and freaked the shit out of everyone when I made good suction and the brains hit the back of my throat with this really loud POP.
The remaining members of the BRAIN-HIT Investigators group participated in the design of the study.
BRAIN-HIT is implemented at sites in India (Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum), Pakistan (The Aga Khan University, Karachi), and Zambia (University Teaching Hospital/ University of Zambia School of Medicine Lusaka).
BRAIN-HIT was approved by the Institutional Review Board at each site and was conducted in accord with prevailing ethical principles.
