News Flash: Kickboxing Can Injure Brain

In what may be the least surprising health news of the year, the BBC reports that kickboxing, the martial art in which opponents routinely kick each other in the head, can cause brain damage.  BBC reports that researchers at Erciyes University Medical School in Turkey noticed, in particular, damage to the pituitary gland, which produces a range of hormones that help control the body’s regulation of metabolism, coping with daily stress, general wellbeing and sex drive amongst other areas. In what may be the second least surprising health news report of the year, kickboxers say they are unaware of any brain damage. Read more from the BBC.