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Former NFL player confirmed as 1st diagnosis of CTE in living patient
ABC News ^

Posted on 11/16/2017 4:46:53 AM PST by TigerClaws

Researchers in Chicago report that they have detected evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, more commonly known as CTE, in a living patient for the first time.

Currently, CTE, a degenerative brain disease found in those with a history of repetitive brain trauma, can only be formally diagnosed after an autopsy. But a new study indicates researchers may be one step closer to being able to diagnose the disease while a patient is still alive by detecting deposits of tau proteins.

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To: mewzilla

That’s another part of the problem. If tests for CTE can be done on living people, then will happen is that every NFL team and scouting service will be including these tests in every physical exam they give to current and prospective players. This will give everyone a baseline set of measurements for players before they sign an NFL contract. It will also cause a lot of current players to immediately fail their next physical.


21 posted on 11/16/2017 6:02:46 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: TigerClaws
Former NFL player confirmed as 1st diagnosis of CTE in living patient

BAN THE NFL!

Until then:

BOYCOTT THE NFL!!!

22 posted on 11/16/2017 6:03:11 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: TigerClaws

Isn’t it funny that after all these years nothing like this NEVER existed. Yet it came to be discovered some 6-8 years ago. Fast forward to today and still we have yet to hear the most traumatic of all sports with respect to repeated brain trauma is boxing and this is never spoken of? Why is that?


23 posted on 11/16/2017 6:07:29 AM PST by Jarhead9297
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To: shotgun

Many players opted out. Their cases proceed.


24 posted on 11/16/2017 6:54:22 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: mewzilla
Yeah, since I work with people who have dementia, I did not think anything they said in the post was about dementia - but rather about motor difficulties. The people I know with it can button their shirts and have lots of functional abilities - cooking for example. But they sundown quite predictably and they tell some pretty amazing stories.

Found this on a google search - "While symptoms of dementia can vary greatly, at least two of the following core mental functions must be significantly impaired to be considered dementia:

Memory
Communication and language
Ability to focus and pay attention
Reasoning and judgment
Visual perception
People with dementia may have problems with short-term memory, keeping track of a purse or wallet, paying bills, planning and preparing meals, remembering appointments or traveling out of the neighborhood."

Anyway if you do a search for dementia diagnostic criteria there are sites which I think might answer your question.

25 posted on 11/16/2017 7:02:55 AM PST by MarMema (I now choose to live my life as a heterosexual married woman)
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To: mewzilla
Yeah, since I work with people who have dementia, I did not think anything they said in the post was about dementia - but rather about motor difficulties. The people I know with it can button their shirts and have lots of functional abilities - cooking for example. But they sundown quite predictably and they tell some pretty amazing stories.

Found this on a google search - "While symptoms of dementia can vary greatly, at least two of the following core mental functions must be significantly impaired to be considered dementia:

Memory
Communication and language
Ability to focus and pay attention
Reasoning and judgment
Visual perception
People with dementia may have problems with short-term memory, keeping track of a purse or wallet, paying bills, planning and preparing meals, remembering appointments or traveling out of the neighborhood."

Anyway if you do a search for dementia diagnostic criteria there are sites which I think might answer your question.

26 posted on 11/16/2017 7:02:56 AM PST by MarMema (I now choose to live my life as a heterosexual married woman)
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To: Alberta's Child
...he probably played football for 10-15 years at other levels before he ever signed his first NFL contract. How do you assign liability in a case like that?

The legal principle is well established -- the one with the deepest pockets pays the lion's share.

27 posted on 11/16/2017 7:05:13 AM PST by CurlyDave
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To: heterosupremacist

Oh, that’s interesting.

Any Oklahoma fan can tell you about Tony Dorsett getting knocked out cold by a guy named Scott Hill on one of the first plays from scrimmage when Pitt played OU back in ‘75, IIRC.

Carried off the field, and then they brought him out and tried to play him in the second half.

Plenty of liability for everyone.


28 posted on 11/16/2017 7:12:37 AM PST by OKSooner (Be careful, there are many pitfalls on the long and winding road of life! - POTUS Donald J. Trump)
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To: Arm_Bears

Not fake news.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5089351/Ex-NFL-player-diagnosed-CTE-alive.html


29 posted on 11/16/2017 7:20:49 AM PST by TigerClaws
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To: I_be_tc

Per the April 2016 ESPN article, $5mil if s player is diagnosed with ALS and $4mil per family for CTE post-death diagnoses, and then lesser amounts from there


30 posted on 11/16/2017 7:23:31 AM PST by shotgun
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To: shotgun

“Unsustainable”.


31 posted on 11/16/2017 7:33:00 AM PST by OKSooner (Be careful, there are many pitfalls on the long and winding road of life! - POTUS Donald J. Trump)
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To: TTFlyer

If I was an owner, it is time to sell.

Get out before it all comes crashing down.


32 posted on 11/16/2017 8:07:31 AM PST by skinndogNN
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To: Bender2; big'ol_freeper; Allegra; SevenofNine; Cletus.D.Yokel; Rummyfan; Liberty Valance; ...

Ping


33 posted on 11/16/2017 8:15:05 AM PST by Impy (The democrat party is the enemy of your family and civilization itself, forget that at your peril.)
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To: skinndogNN

Rush dodged a bullet!


34 posted on 11/16/2017 8:23:39 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (Presses can be 'associated,' or presses can be independent. Demand independent presses.)
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To: Impy

35 posted on 11/16/2017 8:31:15 AM PST by Enterprise (Do away with all symbols of past slavery. Start with the Democrat Party.)
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To: TigerClaws

The question I have is what is the incidence of CTE in the NFL compared to CTE in other sports or professions?

Also, while it is possible that the trauma occurred while in the NFL, how much occurred in college or younger?

Furthermore, might the NFL have less of an issue if the helmets were more like the old leather helmets, so that the defense would have to tackle without using their heads, and that running backs would not duck when taking hits, similar to what happens in rugby?


36 posted on 11/16/2017 9:08:56 AM PST by kosciusko51
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To: Arm_Bears

It’s O.J. All he really wants is to get his trophies back. And he really liked that white Bronco.


37 posted on 11/16/2017 9:28:08 AM PST by VietVet876
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To: Alberta's Child

Coming soon to a TV near you, the ads from shysters for Mesothelioma, Ovarian cancer from baby powder, Asbestos, etc., and now CTE! Did you ever play contact football? You, or your surviving family may be in for a large settlement, call 1-800-382-8436, that’s 1-800-F_ _K - THEM.


38 posted on 11/16/2017 9:45:54 AM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: mewzilla
My best guess- is Positron Emission Tomagraphy (PET) Tau- not something I can order in my neck of the woods and pretty cutting edge but clearly the way things are headed. They also have PET amyloid for Alzheimers- I am not able to order that either :(
39 posted on 11/16/2017 9:54:18 AM PST by NYorkerInHouston
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To: NYorkerInHouston

We’ve had family with vascular dementia and Alzheimers. None of them ever had/have had a PET scan. Plenty of CTS and MRIs, but the diagnoses were made without the use of a PET. We’ve also been told that a definitive diagnosis could only be obtained with an autopsy. If that last bit is accurate, makes me wonder how the diagnosis of CTE is being made.


40 posted on 11/16/2017 10:03:33 AM PST by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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