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DR. GERARD GIOIA FROM THE CHILDREN'S NATIONAL HEALTH CARE CENTER. WE HAVE A LINE SET ASIDE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT OUR ATHLETES FOR PARENTS -- ATHLETES,...
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| 00:00:48 |
CALLER: THAT SPORTS -- GUEST, -
PUT IN THE PROPER PROJECTIONS TO MAXIMIZE BENEFITS. THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION IS LOOKING TO DO THAT, ON THE FIELD AS ATHLETES, OFF THE FIELD AS STUDENTS....
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| 00:01:11 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
I HAVE BEEN PLAYING MY ENTIRE LIFE. THIS YEAR WILL BE MY FOURTH YEAR AS A HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER PLAYER.
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| 00:01:18 |
Unidentified Speaker, -
UNTIL RECENTLY I WAS HOPING TO PLAY DIVISION 3, BUT CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGED WHEN I DISCOVERED A CONCUSSION ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 25. PRACTICE WAS ALMOST OVER...
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| 00:04:49 |
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SOCCER PLAYER, NOT FOOTBALL. GUEST: THAT IS RIGHT. THIS INJURY HAPPENS POTENTIALLY IN ALL SPORTS,
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| 00:04:57 |
GUEST, -
INCLUDING SOCCER. HOST: WHAT DOES CONGRESS NEED TO DO? GUEST: UNIVERSAL STANDARDS IN THE COUNTRY TO PROTECT
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| 00:05:14 |
GUEST, -
ATHLETES, ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THEY RETURN TO SCHOOL AS STUDENTS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH PROPER SUPPORT AND PROPER CARE TO BOTH ASSIST THEIR...
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| 00:05:42 |
HOST, -
GUEST: NOT PUTTING TOGETHER OUR FORMULA, LIKE A BLOW TO THE HEAD, SOMETHING THAT MOVES AHEAD
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| 00:05:55 |
GUEST, -
SIGNIFICANTLY WITH SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, DISMISSED FAR TOO OFTEN. HOST: ABOUT 3 MILLION SPORTS RELATED CONCUSSIONS OCCUR ANNUALLY....
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| 00:06:10 |
HOST, -
WITH THIS, 202-737-0001. IF YOU ARE AN ATHLETE, 202-737- 0002. YOU CAN JOIN THE MESS IT -- THE CONVERSATION WITH TWITTER AS WELL AT TWITTER.COM/C-SPANWJ....
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| 00:06:37 |
GUEST, -
SPORTS, A PARTICULARLY HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE TEAM PHYSICIANS ON THE SIDELINES. ONLY 42% OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS...
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| 00:07:18 |
HOST, -
US? CALLER: YES. HOST: GO AHEAD. CALLER: I AM CALLING TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HEAD INJURIES. HOW LONG AFTER THE INJURY
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| 00:07:32 |
CALLER, -
OCCURS IS THE VICTIM ABLE TO GET HELP? MY SON HAD AN INJURY OVER ONE YEAR AGO. WE ARE SEEING SIGNS OF LOW CONCENTRATION, DEPRESSION. I WANTED TO KNOW...
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| 00:08:08 |
GUEST, -
PUT IN RIGHT AWAY. WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WHEN WE DELAY RECOGNITION OR DIAGNOSIS OF THE INJURY, WE SEE A MUCH MORE PROLONGED RECOVERY. WE ALSO KNOW THAT...
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| 00:08:50 |
HOST, -
CONCUSSION THAN BOYS. GUEST: WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RECOGNITION OF THIS PROBLEM, IT IS LIKELY HIGHER THAN THAT. WHEN WE LOOK AT
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| 00:09:00 |
GUEST, -
SIMILAR SPORTS -- LITE SPORTS, SOCCER, BASKETBALL, THE NUMBER OF ATHLETES THAT HAVE THE INJURY, GIRLS HAVE A HIGHER REPRESENTATION THAN BOYS. WE ARE...
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| 00:09:37 |
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BASED HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. ROB, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: STEVE, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. DOCTOR, MY QUESTION
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| 00:09:49 |
CALLER, -
IS, COULD WE JUST BEEN NOTICING THESE THINGS MORE? THE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? GIRLS PLAYING A LOT MORE SPORTS THESE DAYS AS OPPOSED TO 30 YEARS AGO? LOTS...
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| 00:10:21 |
GUEST, -
CONCUSSIONS THEN THERE WERE BEFORE. WE DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT ANSWER, BUT BY WORKING HYPOTHESIS IS THAT WE ARE SIMPLY MORE AWARE OF THESE INJURIES NOW,...
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| 00:11:02 |
HOST, -
REQUIRING DR. EVALUATIONS BEFORE STUDENT ATHLETES CAN GO BACK ON THE FIELD. GUEST: BASED ON TWO LAWS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE, THESE LAWS
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| 00:11:18 |
GUEST, -
REQUIRE THE COACHES, PARENTS, AND STUDENT ATHLETES BE EDUCATED ABOUT THE IN IT -- ABOUT THE INJURY AND THAT THE ATHLETE CAN ONLY RETURN IF THEY ARE CLEARED...
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| 00:11:45 |
HOST, -
WOULD NOT LET MY DAUGHTER DO THAT. GUEST: CHEERLEADING IS A RECOGNIZED SPORT IN SOME STATES, IT IS SIMPLY AN ACTIVITY IN
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| 00:11:56 |
GUEST, -
OTHERS. REGARDLESS THAT IS A SPORT THAT NEEDS TO LOOK AT SAFETY. HOPE IT -- HOST: MARCUS, A PARENT FROM NEW ORLEANS, GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING.
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| 00:12:15 |
CALLER, -
CONSIDERING MY SON IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE PLAYS FOOTBALL. HE WAS TACKLED ANTIBLACK OUT COMPLETELY. THE INJURY, FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, WAS CAUSED BECAUSE...
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| 00:13:23 |
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GUEST: WITH ALL INJURIES, THE BETTER CONDITION YOU ARE IN, THE STRONGER YOU ARE, THE MORE LIKELY
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| 00:13:31 |
GUEST, -
WILL PROTECT YOURSELF FROM INJURY. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT STUDENT ATHLETES ARE WELL CONDITIONED, THAT PRACTICE WITH A TEAM THAT SPENDS TIME PRACTICING...
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| 00:14:11 |
CALLER, -
AS WELL, DO THE MAJOR CORPORATIONS, LIKE NIKE, COULD THEY DEVELOPED A NICE, PADDED HAD HERE? HOST: WITHOUT WORK? GUEST: THE ISSUE WITH EQUIPMENT BEING...
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| 00:14:34 |
GUEST, -
QUESTION. WITH THIS INJURY IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ONLY DOES CERTAIN THINGS. THE INJURY IS BECAUSE OF THE SUDDEN MOVEMENT...
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| 00:15:33 |
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RESELL FROM KERRY, NORTH CAROLINA. CALLER: THESE REKEYED HEAD INJURIES AND CHRONIC IMPACT ON THE BRAIN LONG
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| 00:15:45 |
CALLER, -
TERM, I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THE STUDIES HAVE BEEN RUN ON FOOTBALL PLAYERS THAT HAD HAD LOW IMPACT INJURIES WHERE THEY ARE FINDING BRAIN DAMAGE NOW....
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| 00:16:26 |
GUEST, -
YOUNGSTER IS STILL WIDE OPEN. AS YOU MENTION, THERE ARE INITIAL FINDINGS WITH A SPECIFIC PLAYERS WHERE THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN KNOWN CONCUSSIONS, ALTHOUGH...
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| 00:18:14 |
HOST, -
OF CONCUSSIONS AND OTHER SPORTS RELATED INJURIES AND WHAT CONGRESS IS NOW CONSIDERING AND AS WELL WHAT OTHER STATES HAVE DONE. TOLEDO, OHIO. CALLER:...
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| 00:18:35 |
CALLER, -
YEARS. HOST: GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU. CALLER: I TEACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THIS IS AN INTERESTING SUBJECT.
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| 00:18:49 |
CALLER, -
VERY INTERESTING. WE ARE WORKING MEDVEDEV DE THE TECHNOLOGY HERE THAT WILL REDUCE THE CONCUSSIONS THROUGH IMPACT. THIS IS A GREAT SUBJECT RIGHT HERE,...
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| 00:19:49 |
HOST, -
GUEST: THERE IS A PROVISION IN THEIR, AND THE PRIVATE CLUB OR
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| 00:19:56 |
GUEST, -
SCHOOLS THAT USES THE PUBLIC FIELD, EVEN IF IT IS FOR ONE DAY OR ONE HOUR, MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE NONSTANDARD. HOST: VIRGINIA,...
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| 00:20:14 |
HOST, -
CALLER: I AM A SURVIVOR OF TV I SINCE 1990. MY QUESTION, FOOTBALL
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| 00:20:29 |
CALLER, -
PLAYERS, THEY HAVE HELMETS THAT PROTECT THEM FROM CONCUSSIONS. BICYCLE RIDERS HAVE PROTECTIVE HEAD GEAR. WHAT IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE SOCCER PLAYERS HAVING...
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| 00:21:08 |
GUEST, -
QUESTION. BIO-MECHANICAL ENGINEERS ARE VERY ACTIVE, THEY ARE THE ONES DOING THIS WORK. THIS IS ALL ABOUT IT BUFFERING FORCE TAKEN TO THE HEAD. THE WAY...
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| 00:22:18 |
HOST, -
GUEST: WE ARE LOOKING AT NOT ABOLISHING THE SPORT, BUT TRYING TO MAKE IT SAFER. WITH CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND
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| 00:22:26 |
GUEST, -
WHAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, HOW DO WE MAKE IT SAFER? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE BENEFIT CLEARLY A AND WAVE THEIR WISDOM. LOOKING AT THE SPORT,...
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| 00:23:17 |
HOST, -
FROM LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. CALLER: MY SON WAS A SOCCER PLAYER AND A GOOD 15 YEARS AGO.
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| 00:23:29 |
CALLER, -
WHAT IMPACT WILL THIS HAVE YEARS LATER? HE DID SUFFER CONCUSSIONS AS A TEENAGER. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT, ESPECIALLY AFFECTING GIRLS. I WILL...
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| 00:23:57 |
GUEST, -
BY MECHANICS. THE BASIC VIEW RIGHT NOW, IN MOST KIDS, AND REMEMBER THAT NOTHING IS 100%, BUT I AND MOST KIDS IF YOU ARE PURPOSEFULLY HEADING THE BALL...
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| 00:25:11 |
HOST, -
FIELDS, OF THIS TWITTER MESSAGE -- HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE CULTURE? GUEST: A GREAT QUESTION, HOW DO YOU PREPARE AGAINST BRAIN INJURY AND SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT
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| 00:25:31 |
GUEST, -
AND PERFORMANCE. IF YOUR GOAL IS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE MESSING AROUND WITH BRAIN INJURIES. REALLY IT IS ABOUT GETTING THAT MESSAGE...
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| 00:26:05 |
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JOURNAL@C-SPAN.ORG. JEFF IS A COAT FROM WASHINGTON, MARYLAND. -- JEFF IS A COACH FROM WASHINGTON, MARYLAND. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: HOW ARE YOU? MY ISSUE...
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| 00:26:23 |
CALLER, -
RECENTLY PLAYING ON THOSE SERVICES, WE HAVE -- PLAYING ON THOSE SURFACES, WE'RE SEEING MORE HEAD-TO-HEAD CONTACT AND IT IS BECOMING MORE PREVALENT AS...
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| 00:26:56 |
GUEST, -
TYPES OF PLAYING SURFACES. CERTAINLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT SPORTS LIKE HOCKEY, WHERE THE ICE IS VERY HARD AND UNFORGIVING, WHERE THE WALLS OF ONE CAN HIT,...
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| 00:27:33 |
HOST, -
PROGNOSIS? GUEST: VERY TYPICAL SCENARIO, SHE IS AN ACTIVE PLAYER RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE FIELD, STRUCK BY ANOTHER PLAYER OR
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| 00:27:42 |
GUEST, -
THE GROUND, THESE INJURIES OCCUR. THE LONG-TERM PROGNOSIS IS VERY GOOD. IT WAS IDENTIFIED RIGHT AWAY AND WE PUT IN PLACE AN ATHLETIC TRAINER ASSESSMENT...
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| 00:28:21 |
HOST, -
GOVERNMENT , THEY CURRENTLY HAVE LAWS IN PLACE. CALLER: WE ACTUALLY HAVE STUDENTS PLAYING THAT SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING FROM THE BEGINNING. THERE ARE MANY...
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| 00:28:42 |
CALLER, -
ACTIVE IN THE STUDENT IS LIKELY NOT DIAGNOSED IN THE BEGINNING. THERE REALLY EXERT A LOT OF ENERGY. IN TEXAS THEY DID NOT EVEN HAVE THAT HIT. THIS BOY...
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| 00:29:56 |
GUEST, -
PARTICIPATION EXAMINATIONS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ATHLETES ON THE FIELD WHO ARE PHYSICALLY CAPABLE ARE NOT AT RISK. A VERY IMPORTANT POINT THAT...
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| 00:30:19 |
HOST, -
CALLER: I AM CALLING AS A PARENT AND A COACH. I USED TO APPROACH A LOT OF TAI CHI. HOST: DID YOU EVER
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| 00:30:30 |
CALLER, -
COME ACROSS ANY KIND OF CONCUSSION OR SERIOUS INJURY ON THE FIELD? GUEST: TIGHT
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| 00:30:37 |
HOST, -
SHE IS A LOW IMPACT SPORT TYPICALLY -- TIE CHIEF --
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| 00:30:43 |
GUEST, -
TAI CHI IS A LOW IMPACT SPORT, TYPICALLY. AMERICAN SPORTS BAR SIGNIFICANTLY CENTER AROUND COMPETITIVE MODES OF WINNING AT ALL COSTS AND COACHES ARE...
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| 00:32:14 |
HOST, -
GUEST: ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID I AND MY TESTIMONY IS THAT A CHILD'S JOB IS LEARNING. SCHOOL. WHAT WE
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| 00:32:24 |
GUEST, -
ARE THINKING AND LEARNING WE ARE USING A LOT OF ENERGY. WHEN THE BRAVE AND IS IMPAIRED AND YOU OVERWORKS THE BRAIN BY TRYING TO CONCENTRATE ON LEARNING,...
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| 00:33:18 |
CALLER, -
EVERY DAY IN HE IS ONLY SIX. IS THAT TOO YOUNG FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY FOOTBALL EMMA I HAVE OFTEN BEEN ASKED -- IS THAT TOO YOUNG FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY...
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| 00:34:53 |
CALLER, -
NOT? GUEST: COMING FROM THE GREAT STATE OF MARYLAND, WHERE LACROSSE WINGS OF THE BRAIN, CERTAINLY THE
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| 00:35:01 |
GUEST, -
GAME IS MEANT TO BE PLAYED DIFFERENTLY. THE WAY THAT LACROSSE IS COACHED AND OFFICIATED, THERE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THE KIND OF BODY BLOW THAT WOULD...
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| 00:36:01 |
CALLER, -
OR PRODUCT OUT THERE THAT COULD POSSIBLY HELP TO KEEP THE INJURIES -- NOT TO KEEP THEM FROM OCCURRING, BECAUSE IT IS THE IMPACT THAT TAKES PLACE IN...
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| 00:36:31 |
GUEST, -
PREVENTION IS A MULTI-PRONGED ISSUE. IT IS THE PREPARATION OF THE ATHLETE, THE COACHES, THESE OFFICIALS, ALONG WITH PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, FOLLOWING...
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| 00:37:05 |
HOST, -
COLLEGE. THAT WE PUSH SPORTS. ALBERT IS JOINING US FROM VERMONT. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: MY QUESTION IS THE LONG- TERM EFFECT OF MILD CONCUSSIONS THAT...
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| 00:37:22 |
CALLER, -
MINE PLAYED HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, COLLEGE BALL, DEVELOP ALZHEIMER'S IN HIS MIDDLE-50'S. FROM MY READING, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE PROBLEM....
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| 00:37:46 |
GUEST, -
PREVAILING THOUGHT, AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE TO DO RESEARCH -- UNFORTUNATELY RESEARCH TAKES TIME AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE WANT SOLUTIONS, UNDERSTANDABLY....
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| 00:38:41 |
CALLER, -
TWO GIRLS, ONE BOY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I QUICKLY RECOGNIZE THAT HIGH SCHOOL WAS THE BOYS' SPORTS GOT WHAT EVER THEY WANT IT OR WHATEVER THEY THOUGHT...
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| 00:39:08 |
GUEST, -
HOST: THAT LAST CALL IS FROM MICHIGAN, CALLING THEM FOR DR. GERARD GIOIA OF THE WASHINGTON,
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| 00:39:17 |
HOST, -
D.C. CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER. CALLER: PARDON ME, I HAVE A HEAD INJURY MYSELF THAT IS NOT SPORTS RELATED, BUT THE QUESTION IS WHY PLAY A
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| 00:39:26 |
CALLER, -
GAME WHERE INHERENTLY YOU HAVE TO WEAR A HELMET TO PLAY IT? I WILL HANG UP TO LISTEN TO THE RESPONSE. GUEST: WELL, I GUESS THAT IS PROBABLY A CULTURAL...
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| 00:39:44 |
GUEST, -
ANSWERED. AGAIN, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE BENEFITS THE CHILDREN GET FROM SPORTS IN GENERAL AND WHAT ARE THE RISKS. HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE REDUCE THOSE...
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| 00:40:26 |
HOST, -
IS DR. -- OUR GUEST IS DR. GERARD GIOIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. GUEST: YOU ARE VERY WELCOME. HOST: WE WILL CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATIONS...
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| 00:40:41 |
HOST, -
VIEWERS IN LISTENERS ON THE EAST COAST. TAKING A LOOK AT SUBURBAN VOTERS IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS, DANIELLE PLETKA. WE WILL SPEAK TO DAVID ARMOR ABOUT...
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