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NEW YORK (AP) ? A study of former NFL players finds they were unusually prone to dying from degenerative brain disease, the latest indication that repeated blows to the head may cause serious trouble later on.
The death rate from Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Lou Gehrig's disease combined was about three times what one would predict from the general population, researchers reported.
Prior research had suggested football players were unusually prone to those diseases, said lead researcher Everett Lehman of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which is part of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The study, reported online Wednesday in the journal Neurology, looked at death certificates.
It drew on a long-running study of more than 3,400 NFL players with at least five playing seasons in the league between 1959 and 1988. Some 334 had died by the end of 2007, the cutoff for being included in the study. Researchers compared their death rates from various causes to that of a comparable group of American men.
One or another of the three brain diseases was listed as the underlying cause of death in 10 cases, which is about three times the general rate for American men, the researchers reported.
Researchers noted that the study can't prove that the results were caused by football-related concussions, and that they may not apply to pro or amateur players who've played fewer than five years.
In recent years, much of the attention to brain problems in football players has focused on a condition known as CTE, which is traced to repeated head blows. The new study didn't look for CTE. It's not among the standard list of conditions the researchers used for classifying deaths, Lehman said.
But some of the brain disease deaths counted in the study may have actually come from misdiagnosed CTE, which stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the researchers noted.
Dr. Robert Cantu, who co-directs a center that studies CTE at Boston University but did not participate in the new study, said the results are "not at all surprising." He agreed that some of the deaths could be misdiagnosed CTE, noting that the diagnosis requires a special chemical test of the brain after death.
Also on Wednesday, the NFL announced a donation of $30 million for medical research to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, the fundraising arm of the NIH.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the research could benefit athletes and potential areas of study may include CTE, concussion management and treatment and disorders from later in life such as Alzheimer's.
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The trache sits above my vocal chords. There's a balloon that blocks secretions from? sliding into my lungs. When the balloon is deflated air can cross over my vocal chords.? When it's inflated (it's normal state) I'm silent, and people must read my lips.
It's horribly isolating. I'm mute and must observe and not take part much of the time. If I had full use of my hands I could speak with sign language. I'm classified as a quadriplegic. My right arm is immobile and I've got only partial use of my right arm and hand. The ulnar nerve was affected by the stroke, and my ring finger and pinkie finger curl and my hand strength and dexterity is minimal. ?
The Bivona talking trach enables me to speak for limited periods of time.? In order to speak I've got to consciously trigger the ventilator for each breath. It's similar to singing. A singer must breathe deeply in order to hold a note. If I forget to trigger the ventilator to breathe then I wouldn't get a breath.
When I learned of the custom trach a world of opportunity opened to me. The frustrating thing is that it's so expensive. I change my trach every 6 weeks and must decide if for that 6 weeks I will be silent or speak. The cost is roughly? $250 for a regular trach and over twice that for a talking trach.
Karen returned to California and I can schedule any speaking engagements for October. In the interest of saving money this? time, I'll opt for silence.? I 've enjoyed three months of speech during Karen's visit.? I've got no reason or overt need to speak other than just WANT.
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Delegates cheer as First Lady Michelle Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Delegates cheer as First Lady Michelle Obama addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Some things to watch for at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday:
1. THE CLINTON SHOW: The former president, no stranger to talking at length at Democratic conventions, takes the podium. How much of it will be about Barack Obama ? and how much about Bill Clinton?
2. ELIZABETH WARREN: It's a personal mission for the Democratic Party to get the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's seat back from the Republicans. Candidate Warren's opponent, Republican Scott Brown, didn't speak at his convention last week. But Warren is a star at the Democrats' and the featured challenger in arguably the most competitive Senate race this year.
3. THE WEATHER: As Obama's outdoor stadium speech approaches, will the sun begin to peek through?
4. OBAMA ? GOOD FOR BUSINESS: That's what some CEOs on tap to speak are undoubtedly going to trumpet. But what will they have to say about Mitt Romney?
5. CHARLOTTE IS HOPPING: It's a totally different feel from last week in Tampa. Streets are packed, in part because there are more delegates, in part because of a smaller security perimeter and the convention hall's proximity to the city and restaurants.
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Do your homework in checking out possible properties prior to making offers on them. There are a number of features to look at when buying rental property. You should first look for sustainability. Has the property been well-maintained, so that you won?t need to make expensive repairs? The next one is location. The area is very important when you are thinking about property rentals. Your property will be more desirable if tenants have access to major shopping districts and services. You should consider the income in the area in which you are buying. Areas of high rent are going to be much more desirable, which is something important to look for when purchasing real estate. When the property is in a high rent area, location is not the same level of concern as it is for a lower rent area.
This is the best time to start investing in real estate. Property values and interest rates are low in light of the recent housing market crash. This presents a perfect opportunity for you to move out of your apartment, and purchase your own home. When the housing market corrects itself, your home purchase will begin to earn money as an investment.
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You should know how to find information and resources for buying real estate, the processes you can expect, and just what is involved in buying real estate, even online, so take these tips to heart and put them to use. Understanding all of the steps in buying, and the potential pitfalls, helps you feel more confident and comfortable as you work your way through the process, and hopefully you will soon find yourself the proud owner of a new piece of real estate.
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By Bob Sullivan
The First Amendment allows American citizens to say almost anything without fear of being thrown in jail by the government. The free speech it guarantees does not, however, mean your comments are protected from being thrown off a website.?
Still, those who ?censor? consumers online quickly draw the full ire of the Web. Two years ago, when Apple launched its iPhone 4 and was caught deleting threads on its own website about a critical Consumer Reports review, the Internet's revenge was swift and brutal.?
Social media complicates the issue, as nearly all major brands have thriving interactions with consumers on Facebook and Twitter, inviting potential swarms of negative comments. Deleting such comments on third-party social media sites is a big Internet faux pas, so most companies use the language of free speech when they discuss social media, claiming they permit open discussions.? But experts say some firms do try to stuff the genie back in the bottle, quietly erasing negative comments, trying to buck Internet culture and hoping they don't get caught.
Two recent high-profile incidents of alleged "censorship" -- which both companies deny --- demonstrate the quandary companies are in, and how suspicious consumers are.
When United Airlines "lost" a 10-year-old traveling to summer camp, its Facebook page was deluged with negative commentary.? The airline was accused of deleting some comments, but it told NBC News that it doesn?t censor its page, and only removes comments that violate its terms. Around the same time, Wal-Mart deleted comments from a man who said his wife was mugged outside a store in Oakland, but Wal-Mart officials tell NBC the comments were deleted in error, and that the firm doesn't remove negative comments.
A glance at both firms' Facebook pages proves they certainly permit negative commentary there, and that consumers have quite a knack for writing it.
There is general agreement from all sides that, when it comes to social media, firms shouldn't delete negative comments about themselves and should generally act as if the First Amendment applies.? Developing that stiff an upper lip is easier said than done, however, says David Armano, social media expert at public relations giant Edelman Worldwide.? And consumers who suspect some negative comments are getting vaporized by companies aren?t necessarily off base.
"(Deletion) is definitely more common than you think," he said. "I'm not going to throw names out there, but many of our clients grapple with it. Some of them have deleted comments against what we advise."
Many organizations still haven't made the psychological leap from websites to social media, he said. Despite Apple's bulletin board woes, there is a gray area when companies choose to control what appears on their own dot.com. But erasing comments from Facebook is universally seen as a no-no by users, he said.
"A lot of organizations just really don?t understand the difference between these new social channels and what they knew as digital a few years ago until they learn the hard way," he said.? "The most common knee-jerk reaction is, 'This is our property, so we can delete.' There is a temptation to do so unless you really have been in social for a while."
Deleting comments and getting caught can be a nightmare -- and that nightmare is only one screen shot away.
Thomas Hawk thought he caught Wal-Mart deleting his comments after his wife allegedly was mugged in the parking lot of the chain's Oakland store Aug. 19.?
"Apparently, it took over 15 minutes for anyone from the Wal-Mart store to get involved and the manager did not want to call the police," he wrote. A screen grab showed his initial post on Wal-Mart?s page, and a subsequent grab documented its removal.? A second post complaining about the removal was also deleted, but that hardly ended the incident. Hawk's personal blog entry about the deletions went viral, and eventually landed on Reddit.
"I'm pretty unsatisfied actually at their response to the whole situation," Hawk told NBC News.
Wal-Mart said its policy is not to delete negative comments and that Hawk's comments were deleted erroneously by its third-party social media monitoring company. His initial comment was removed because the word "assault" triggered a profanity filter (it included the word "ass"), a company spokesperson said; his second comment was removed because it contained a hyperlink, against the firm's terms of use.
After workers noticed the error, the company reposted Hawk's initial comment two days later and apologized.
?We conducted an internal review and found that it was a system error that flagged your post as containing profanity,? the apology read. ?It should not have been deleted. It is not our policy to delete a post like yours. We are reposting your original post below. Of course, we always want to improve safety and have shared this situation with those responsible within the Wal-Mart team.?
The incident shows how prickly Internet users are about comment deletion -- there was far more discussion of the alleged censorship than of the alleged mugging.
The great risk from deletion, as shown in the Wal-Mart case, is that it often backfires.? Attempting to erase criticism often magnifies it, drawing extra attention to a consumer's comment that might otherwise have been ignored, or throwing gasoline on a fire that's just begun to burn.
"I think a lot of brands have learned the hard way that people will grab screen shots. Once it's on the ?Net, it's there forever," said Carri Bugbee, founder of Portland-based social media consultant firm Big Deal PR. ?Deleting comments can get messy too, she said. Those who respond to the initial comment might also be removed, and inevitably, an awkward ?why did you delete that?? thread gets started.
United Airlines was accused of deleting comments in the wake of the "lost" 10-year-old incident, but it flatly denied the accusation to NBC News.?
Around the same time, United passenger Sarah Liddle told NBC News that her comments were deleted from United's Facebook page after she complained about poor service.
?United pulled my entire post from their page. No response from them, nothing inappropriate in my post and nothing offensive, (and they) didn't inform me why they removed it from their page," she said. "They just pulled the post. I was furious and still am."
Liddle did not have a screen shot of her post because, she said, she didn't expect to need one.
United spokesman Joe Micucci said he couldn't comment on Liddle's post, because he hadn?t seen it, but repeated the firm's non-censorship policy.
"We do not delete comments unless they contain profanity, are hostile in nature or mention an employee?s name in full," he said.
Liddle said her post did include the name of an airline employee, potentially explaining its removal. But both Liddle and Hawk said they were annoyed that they weren't notified when their posts were removed. Doing so would be tricky and time-consuming for companies, but a simple "your post violated our terms" notice might head off accusations of censorship, and any subsequent social media firestorms that might ensue.
Armano, the Edelman social media expert, said companies need to clearly and conspicuously post their comment terms so consumers know where they stand before they post.
"We recommend (they) have clear moderation policy that sets your terms, so it?s accepted that if there?s hate speech it will be removed, and it?s clear what else is unacceptable,? he said.?
But even with that in place, critical decisions that could lead to PR disasters too often are made by junior employees, Bugbee said.
"A lot of this stuff gets delegated to people who don't have crisis management experience, who don?t understand the implications," she said. "Hopefully people know better than to delegate this stuff to interns ... but it?s soft skills that are more important. Any 14-year-old can learn how to use Facebook, but the soft skills of having judgment, knowing how to respond, that's what matters. So companies have to train their people well."
A clear chain of crisis command is also critical, she said.
?I don't think most people have that. If something happens, who is the final arbiter? I tell clients, ?Mr. VP, I need your cell phone, and I may call you any night, any weekend,?? she said.
Armano uses a unique metaphor to help companies wrap their heads around the kinds of issues they'll face on Facebook and Twitter.? He compares social media hangouts to embassies and says companies should act like respectful foreign diplomats on embassy soil.
"These are like social embassies. They are like a piece of land in another country; maybe you control the grounds, but what happens just outside the embassy you have no control over," he said, adding that ??trying to control the discussion or the protests there is "just not worth it."
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