Dr. Bennet Omalu on CTE and Brain Injuries

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So I was researching the doctor that was behind the new Will Smith movie about NFL and the concussion problem and found that interesting interview of dude :



I strongly recommend to watch the whole vid (or listen to it, it's just a conference) because it is extremely interesting (dude is knowledgeable is plenty of fields). Hopefully he's making sense to you :troll:

Time-stamps :
- 1:30 : start
- 4:00 : Thomas Kimble murder case, him working as a forensics. Using his knowledge to make a difference
- 6:00 : ESPN, Michael Webster, American football and the need for helmets.
- 9:45 : Naming the disease
- 12:00 : Against all odds / identifying the pathology within the living for treatment
- 18:00 : Thinking outside of the box / being innovative
- 19:00 : NFL as a business; players being expendable /
- 21:00 : Q&A
- 21:30 : Inflammation in the brain
- 25:00 : Definition of CTE
- 28:00 : Difference between PTE and CTE
- 33:00 : Concussions don't cause CTE / Microscopic concussions / CTE symptoms
- 39:00 : Brand management / Confusion between diseases
- 42:00 : Objectively identifying disease
- 48:00 : Question from a 22yo who played American football since a kid
- 58:00 : Question about MS disease
- 1:01:00 : Lithium to treat CTE ?
 
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