[The new APOE test is] an easy genetic testย that promises toย identify which young athletes are likely to suffer the most severe consequences from aย concussion. The idea isย to nudge those kids away from contact sports…
โIsnโt it just better to know than to not know?โ one gene testing company asked…Anotherย urged:ย โLearn the risks. Make confident choices.โ
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Not many athletes areย interested in getting tested…[People are] expressing qualmsย about giving athletes…unsettling news about the risks lurking in their genes…[especially]ย for Alzheimerโs disease later in life.
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Elite athletes arenโt jumping at the chance to get testedย either…Some athletes said they were uneasy about learning more about theirย Alzheimerโs risk; others said they wouldnโt change their behaviorย no matter what the genetic tests showed.
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[Dr. Ben] Galyardt isnโt concerned about advocating the testing beforeย the scienceย is fully understood.โWe have to start somewhere,โ Galyardt said, โand this is the dialogue that needs to be created to protect the NFL and to save contact sports.โ
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