Posted on 01/22/2020 1:27:02 PM PST by nickcarraway
In 2017, Bennet Omalu traveled the globe to accept a series of honors and promote his autobiography, "Truth Doesn't Have A Side."
In a visit to an Irish medical school, he told students he was a "nobody" who "discovered a disease in America's most popular sport."
In an appearance on a religious cable TV show, he said he named the disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, because "it sounded intellectually sophisticated, with a very good acronym."
And since his discovery, Omalu told "Sports Illustrated," researchers have uncovered evidence that shows adolescents who participate in football, hockey, wrestling and mixed martial arts are more likely to drop out of school, become addicted to drugs, struggle with mental illness, commit violent crimes and kill themselves.
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But across the brain science community, there is wide consensus on one thing: Omalu, the man considered by many the public face of CTE research, routinely exaggerates his accomplishments and dramatically overstates the known risks of CTE and contact sports, fueling misconceptions about the disease, according to interviews with more than 50 experts in neurodegenerative disease and brain injuries, and a review of more than 100 papers from peer-reviewed medical journals.
Omalu did not discover CTE, nor did he name the disease. The alarming statistics he recites about contact sports are distorted, according to the author of the studies that produced those figures. And while Omalu cultivates a reputation as the global authority on CTE, it's unclear whether he is diagnosing it correctly, according to several experts on the disease.
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I am very suspicious of this fellow because he claimed that he attended Catholic Mass at a church here, and when the time came for the Sign of Peace not one of the white parishoners would shake his hand.
He has never said exactly WHICH church that happened in. I don’t believe him. I was an usher in my church for 13 years and attended Mass in many others, and I have NEVER seen anybody refuse to shake someone’s hand because they were black.
One thing that I’m convinced of is that the establishment media pounced on CTE related issues regarding NHL players in order to lecture to people.
It is so obvious that the advent of the helmet and stricter standards for helmets (banning the Gretzky Jofa) and facemasks and also banning fighting has all come together to create a more violent and corroded (with far more stickwork and cheapshots) brand of hockey than it was when players did not wear suits of armour and it was only five minutes for fighting. Yet, the media particularly pounced on findings about deceased former players like Rick Martin or Reggie Fleming who played during that era of hockey as to tell people that that time was a far more dangerous one than compared to now, despite many 1990s to present players who’ve struggled with concussions and have even had their careers ended because of head and neck injuries, all in spite of these so called “progressive” things like banning fighting or more protective equipment.
Should also look into the lasting effects on the brain of steroid use.
WE are stunned at what a seemingly moderate concussion can do. My husband tripped over a piece of equipment used to move mirrors from the back stock room which had been left in an aisle way of a very well known national chain home store. This happened at the end of October. He fell extremely hard landing on his head and shoulder, also severely cutting his leg. The ER released him that night and the next few days he had typical concussion symptoms which we thought would subside. We had no idea what the coming weeks even up to now would bring. He has now been diagnosed as having post concussive syndrome, which features scalp soreness, headaches, confusion, eye pain, fatigue, dizziness, depression increased BP, and memory loss.
“adolescents who participate in football, hockey, wrestling and mixed martial arts are more likely to drop out of school, become addicted to drugs, struggle with mental illness, commit violent crimes and kill themselves”
Correlation does not equal causation.
All of those sports seem likely to appeal to people who already have a “risk taker” personality type, which should also tend to increase their likelihood of all those other behaviors, whether they have any brain injury or not.
I suspect it depends on your age
My first knocked me unconscious.
My second I saw stars. (light flashes)
My third was really bad.
My brain started to swell so much that it started to push out through the hole in the bottom of my skull. That causes projectile vomiting, you vomit across the room, and for about 20 minutes I lost central vision because the artery that supplies that area of the brain was pushed shut. ….and the school nurse sent me home!
Yes, we are finding age is a factor to recovery. My husband is in great shape for his age. However, he also had a heart transplant ten years ago and is, of course, on immune suppressant drugs. The neurologists think there is a chance that his full recovery is delayed because of the meds.
Heavens, sounds awful and the nurse sent you home? Did you make a full recovery or take some time?
I was 14 years old.
Went to school the next day!
With any injury, age makes a big difference.
Did it affect me... Well now that I’m in my 60’s I get to the top of the stairs and sometimes don’t remember why I went up them.
Sometimes I open up a cabinet to find a can of corn and it’s not there but when I open the cabinet a few minutes later it’s front and center!
But all my friends are having the same experience. I’m shocked to find so many people who have had multiple concussions!!!
But to answer your question. No affect at all.
That’s an interesting question! I wonder if its been explored?
He started as a coroner, a government job
I have noticed a preponderence of Africans in government jobs here.
Either a job is made for them or they take one.
Well when you can’t trust a Nigerian, who can you trust. I’m waiting on this Nigerian prince who is giving me $2 million dollars into my bank account I gave him.
>>and the school nurse sent me home!
I fell off a chain link fence when I was about 8 and landed on my face on concrete. The nurse also sent me home. Medicine of the 1950s.
“landed on my face on concrete.”
Been there, done that! LOL!
My mom continuously tells me if I hadn’t had 8 years of ballet, I’d be dead by now.
I think she right!
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