Florida’s Oldest Person Dies At 112
OCALA (CBS4) — Onie Ponder, Florida’s oldest resident and one of the oldest people in the world, has died, her son said Saturday. She was 112. Ponder died Friday morning at an Ocala hospice after a...
View ArticleStudy Links Contact Sports And Brain Damage
BOSTON, Mass. (CBSMiami) – Researchers at Boston University have found evidence that years of blows to the head in football and other sports leads to a distinct pattern of brain damage can eventually...
View ArticleSeau Had Degenerative Brain Disease
BOSTON (AP) – Junior Seau, one of the NFL’s best and fiercest players for nearly two decades, had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide last May, the National Institutes of Health told...
View ArticleResearchers Study Sharks’ Sense Of Smell, Vision
SARASOTA, Fla. (CBSMiami/AP) — If a shark’s nose was plugged, would it still be able to hunt? Some scientists say yes. Sharks are known to have a legendary sense of smell. Scientists found that without...
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