MooPig Brain Industries :: "Stroke and Heart Attacks"

Death Rates Correlate to Football Games
Retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Feb 10, 2014  |  Bryan TX

In previous posts in MooPig Wisdom, we have come to find that playing contact sports like American Football, World Soccer, and World Rugby can cause long term brain disease. " ... Head injury study of 35 former NFL and CFL players finds that 34 of them showed signs of brain disease before their deaths:

• Dozens of athletes had donated their brains to be studied by Boston University School of Medicine
• Thirty-three of 50 subjects showing signs of CTE had played in the NFL
• New interest in brain injury effects after murder suicide involving Kansas City Chiefs player Javon Belcher (4 December 2012. HERE) ..."

What about us fans?
Don't we get overly excited, or overly morose when our teams win and lose? I found some studies of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular activity measured during football seasons. Surprisingly, heart attack and stroke numbers went up nearly 25% in cities where teams lost major games. But the researchers warn that "these results show an association but do not prove causality."

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How The Super Bowl Can Kill You: "Heart Attacks And The Super Bowl In the eight-day period after the Patriots unexpectedly lost the 2008 Super Bowl to the New York Giants, deaths attributed to heart attacks went up 24% in Massachusetts. Conversely, when the Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals the following year, deaths from heart attacks decreased by 46% in Pittsburgh.
1) Is this coincidence? Maybe.
2) But the researchers only did these studies because death rates in LA famously went up in the two weeks after the Los Angeles Rams lost Super Bowl XIV to the Steelers. And you thought the players were the only ones who might get hurt. (MATT MCCARTHY on REGRESSINGMEDSPIN. 1/31/14. HERE) ..."

'via Blog this'

" ... Not surprisingly, Super Bowl Sunday tends to be the slowest day of the month in the Emergency Room. In fact, this has also been demonstrated across the globe. Decreased visits to the ER have been observed during UEFA Champions League games and during the Rugby World Cup (ibid. MCCARTHY) ..."

" ... We can expect roughly eight percent of fans leaving the Super Bowl to be legally intoxicated. (It might be even higher for people watching at a Super Bowl party.) An interesting proposal that hasn't gained any traction: Experts have suggested that beer sponsors should subsidize public transportation after the Super Bowl. (ibid. MCCARTHY) ..."

CONCLUSIONS
" ... Viewing a stressful soccer match more than doubles the risk of an acute cardiovascular event. In view of this excess risk, particularly in men with known coronary heart disease, preventive measures are urgently needed. -- Copyright 2008 Massachusetts Medical Society (Wilbert-Lampen U, Leistner D, Greven S, Pohl T, Sper S, Völker C, Güthlin D, Plasse A, Knez A, Küchenhoff H, Steinbeck G. 2008 Jan 31. HERE)..."

" ... World Cup soccer games and, specially, Brazil's matches have an impact on the incidence of myocardial infarction, but not on in-hospital mortality. (Borges DG, Monteiro RA, Schmidt A, Pazin-Filho A. 2013 Jun. HERE). .."

"...Therapies targeting this pathway can potentially prevent acute mental stressors from initiating plaque rupture. Limited evidence suggests that appropriately timed administration of beta-blockers, statins and aspirin might reduce the incidence of triggered myocardial infarctions. Stress management and transcendental meditation warrant further study.(Schwartz BG, French WJ, Mayeda GS, Burstein S, Economides C, Bhandari AK, Cannom DS, Kloner RA. 2012 Jul. HERE ) ..."


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http://regressing.deadspin.com/how-the-super-bowl-can-kill-you-1513138039/@mattmccarthy
http://regressing.deadspin.com/how-the-super-bowl-can-kill-you-1513138039/@mattmccarthy
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http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/02/moopig-brain-industries-chronic.html
http://moopigwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/02/football-head-injuries-cte.html

Who is your Pick for Super Bowl Sunday?

Who would you Like most to sit with you and watch Today's SuperBowl XLVI?
by Pat Darnell  |  Feb 5, 2012  |  Bryan TX

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Jerry Sandusky, with Oprah,

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Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona

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SUPER DOOPER BOWL :: the Early Years

February 7, 2010: "Even though the Los Angeles area currently lacks a NFL franchise, the league is considering holding Super Bowl L there, to mark the 50th Super Bowl, commemorating Super Bowl I which was held at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum .... If Los Angeles were to host the game, it could be held at the Coliseum, the Rose Bowl, or a new stadium such as the proposed Los Angeles Stadium in the City of Industry."

The Super Bowl has been the championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the premier association of professional American football.... In most years, the Super Bowl is the most-watched American television broadcast. Many popular singers and musicians have performed during the event’s pre-game and halftime ceremonies. The day on which the Super Bowl is played is now considered a de facto American national holiday, called Super Bowl Sunday. Super Bowl Sunday is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day.[wkpda]

The first Super Bowl was simultaneously broadcast by CBS and NBC, with each network using the same video feed but providing its own commentary teams for the audio portion. Super Bowls I–VI were blacked out in the television markets of the host cities, due to league restrictions then in place.

Twenty-five out of forty-two Super Bowls have been played in one of three locations: New Orleans, Louisiana (nine times), the Greater Miami area (nine times), and the Greater Los Angeles area (seven times). These three "big" hosts are then followed by Tampa, Florida and San Diego, California: San Diego has hosted three games, and Tampa has hosted four.

Home team designation
The designated "home team" alternates between the AFC team in even-numbered games (the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV in February 2010), and the NFC team in odd-numbered games (the Arizona Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII in February 2009). This alternation was initiated with the first Super Bowl, when the Green Bay Packers of the NFL were the designated home team.

Future Super Bowl host stadiums:
2011 - Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, Texas
2012 - Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana
2013 - Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
The city of New Orleans submitted a bid to host Super Bowl XLVII in 2013 at the Louisiana Superdome... and was selected by NFL owners on May 19, 2009. It will be the first Super Bowl hosted in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina damaged the stadium.

London, England has occasionally been mentioned as a host city for a Super Bowl in the near future, perhaps as early as 2014. The most likely venue would be Wembley Stadium, which has hosted several NFL games in the past. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has openly discussed the possibility a few times..."

MooPig Art and Entertainment Department asks: "In London 2014, who would most likely be the Half-time Entertainer?"