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#braindisease — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. The gunman who killed 4 people in a NYC office building in July had #CTE, the degenerative #BrainDisease linked to repeated #HeadInjuries sustained in #football & other contact sports….

    CTE can be diagnosed only posthumously. Shane Tamura,…a former HS #football player, shot himself in the chest after killing 4 people & left a note that said his motive was anger at the #NFL, which he blamed for hiding the effects of CTE In the note, he asked that his brain be studied.

    nytimes.com/2025/09/26/us/cte-

  2. In the months before he died in 2014, Robin Williams began exhibiting troubling and perplexing symptoms such as mood swings, trouble walking, and hallucinations. The ultimate diagnosis was Lewy body dementia. #robinwilliams #lewybodydementia #BrainDisorder #braindisease

    brainandlife.org/articles/robi