CTE is permanent brain damage caused by repeated traumatic brain injuries, such as concussions. A concussion is an injury that causes the brain to hit the skull. Brain tissue is damaged, causing symptoms such as a headache, dizziness, or ringing in your ears. A brain injury that does not ...
SYDNEY, June 27 (Xinhua) -- While Rugby League is celebrated in Australia for its high pace, hard tackling and toughness, new research on Thursday has shown that the heavy contact regularly endured by players is likely having a serious effect on their brain health. For the first time, resea...
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), degenerative brain disease typically associated with repetitive trauma to the head. CTE originally was known as dementia pugilistica, a term introduced in the 1920s and ’30s to describe mental and motor deficits a
True.What took you so long?He continues by reviewing the well-publicized data: The first research into the link between football and traumatic brain injury was published in 2005. Since then, the science has become impossible to ignore. In 2017, The Journal of the American Medical Associationpub...
Brain Injury Research Institute(BIRI)pathologist Dr. Bennett Omalu(who was later portrayed by Will Smith in themovie "Concussion"). Webster's brain was said to have been through the equivalent of "25,000 car crashes" over his 25 years of playing football in high school, college, and the ...
Bennet Omalu graduated from the University of Nigeria's medical school, before continuing his training in the United States. In 2002, he discovered the presence of a degenerative disease in the brain of former pro football player Mike Webster, naming the condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy (...
The Nervous System The “GREAT” and mighty Nervous System…or The BRAIN as most of us call it. What makes this organ unique is that within it lies the ability for Humans to know oneself. This feature distinguishes and sets the Human species apart from the rest of creation. This ability ...
functioning of the person. This means that there can be a reduction in memory , increased impulsivity (the brain has lost the ability to hold itself back), reduced ability in problem solving, and depression and anxiety due to both the brain not working well and the reaction all these ...
The researchers suggested that the discovery that head impacts trigger CTE could lead to new ways to diagnose the disease, new treatments and better protective equipment and preventive measures. The report was published online Jan. 18 in the journalBrain....