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Caption: Thomas Talavage, a Purdue associate professor of biomedical engineering and electrical and computer engineering, from left, and biomedical engineering doctoral student Evan Breedlove, monitor impact data from high school football players. Recent research findings suggest many high school football players suffer undiagnosed changes in brain function and continue playing even though they are impaired.

Credit: Purdue University photo/Andrew Hancock

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