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Boise Research Collaboration Addresses Concussions In Youth Sports

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A collaboration between St. Luke’s Hospital and Boise State University's researchers resulted in new findings about head injuries that occur in youth football. 

Now, a new study that would look at blood samples from post-concussive patients is on the horizon. Boise State Professor Leslie Kendrick joins Idaho Matters to talk about the potential of her new research. 

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