A Gamble To Focus On Dementia Caused Past Times Sports Trauma
"Dementia has long been a severe occupation for old NFL players. In the past, the 88 Fund was established specifically to back upwardly attention for football game players who prepare dementia. There is a growing displace alongside NFL retirees to donate their brains to the pump for CTE at Boston University Medical School. Only via autopsy tin the truthful extent of impairment locomote documented in addition to the diagnosis of CTE confirmed.
That is why it is in addition to thence shocking to me that players nevertheless headhunt on the champaign in addition to fans scream for harder hits from the stands. When a helmet-to-helmet collision occurs on a football game field, a thespian suffers encephalon damage. NFL players should detect it unacceptable require to displace encephalon impairment to a colleague." -- Neil Minkoff
By +Max Wallack
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Apparently, the President has invited the 1985 Chicago Bears, that year’s Super Bowl winners, to see the White House for a celebration. Because of the Challenger disaster, the White House celebration customary for Super Bowl winners never took identify inwards 1985.
Dr. Minkoff points out that Jim MacMahon, the 1985 quarterback for the Chicago Bears, “has no retention left”, in addition to real probable suffers from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
Dr. Minkoff suggests that this coming together at the White House would locomote the perfect chance for our President to select a stand upwardly yesteryear publicizing the province of affairs in addition to urging the NFL to select a stronger stand upwardly against plays that growth the run a jeopardy of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
I agree. President Obama could in addition to should purpose this chance to select focus to the large numbers of old sports heroes suffering from dementia.
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Max Wallack is a pupil at Boston University Academy. His nifty grandmother, Gertrude, suffered from Alzheimer's disease. Max is the founder of PUZZLES TO REMEMBER. PTR is a projection that provides puzzles to nursing homes in addition to veterans institutions that attention for Alzheimer's in addition to dementia patients.
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