#braininjuries — Public Fediverse posts

@paninid But the scourge of #CTE #BrainInjuries in contact #sports can be ignored because it won’t affect athletes until *after* their playing days are over. https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/young-amateur-athletes-at-risk-of-cte-study-finds/

@paninid But the scourge of #CTE #BrainInjuries in contact #sports can be ignored because it won’t affect athletes until *after* their playing days are over. https://www.bu.edu/articles/2023/young-amateur-athletes-at-risk-of-cte-study-finds/

Research by one #HighSchool student, Kayleigh Bonner, became the foundation of the article in The Times. Hours later the commandant of the Coast Guard wrote in an email sent to the whole force, 'We owe it to you to protect your long-term health from the damage caused by relentless wave pounding.'

"Rescue boat crews working in crashing surf are exposed to thousands of impacts that cause a whiplash motion and seem to cause #BrainInjuries, even if crew members never hit their heads or feel concussed.
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"Times rpt detailed how some elite lifeboat drivers — known as surfmen — fall apart in perplexing and sometimes violent ways. It followed the efforts of one high school student, Kayleigh Bonner, who sought to understand why her father, after years of growing increasingly erratic, had died suddenly by #suicide.

"For a senior project, she surveyed more than 70 surfmen and found widespread signs of undiagnosed brain injuries. Her research became the foundation of the article in The Times.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/us/31nat-coast-guard-brain-injury-boat-waves-surfmen.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2FA.NrSq.AWwIVN9zEhAq&smid=url-share

Research by one #HighSchool student, Kayleigh Bonner, became the foundation of the article in The Times. Hours later the commandant of the Coast Guard wrote in an email sent to the whole force, 'We owe it to you to protect your long-term health from the damage caused by relentless wave pounding.'

"Rescue boat crews working in crashing surf are exposed to thousands of impacts that cause a whiplash motion and seem to cause #BrainInjuries, even if crew members never hit their heads or feel concussed.
…
"Times rpt detailed how some elite lifeboat drivers — known as surfmen — fall apart in perplexing and sometimes violent ways. It followed the efforts of one high school student, Kayleigh Bonner, who sought to understand why her father, after years of growing increasingly erratic, had died suddenly by #suicide.

"For a senior project, she surveyed more than 70 surfmen and found widespread signs of undiagnosed brain injuries. Her research became the foundation of the article in The Times.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/us/31nat-coast-guard-brain-injury-boat-waves-surfmen.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2FA.NrSq.AWwIVN9zEhAq&smid=url-share

Iran war brain injuries could outlast US troops’ return to duty

A Navy battalion surgeon and a clinic director review a CAT scan during a medical visit in Haditha,…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #blastrelatedbraintrauma #braininjuries #breakingnews #Iran #Irandroneattacks #MiddleEast #psychologicalharm #Research #UStroops #US-Iranwar
https://www.newsbeep.com/668386/

I hope they do an autopsy of #MarshawnKneeland to see if he had #CTE. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46869849/cowboys-second-year-de-marshawn-kneeland-dies-24

#NFL #BrainInjuries #MentalHealth

I hope they do an autopsy of #MarshawnKneeland to see if he had #CTE. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46869849/cowboys-second-year-de-marshawn-kneeland-dies-24

#NFL #BrainInjuries #MentalHealth

#Brain #Implants That Don’t Leave #Scars

#Traumatic #braininjuries vary in severity from mild to #lifethreatening, but #neurologists have limited tools to assess the damage.

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/brain-implants-that-dont-leave-scars/

#Brain #Implants That Don’t Leave #Scars

#Traumatic #braininjuries vary in severity from mild to #lifethreatening, but #neurologists have limited tools to assess the damage.

https://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/brain-implants-that-dont-leave-scars/

The deaths of two young Japanese boxers from fatal brain injuries suffered in the ring on the same night have cast a spotlight on the importance of emergency action plans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/08/15/more-sports/boxing-deaths-safety-measures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #shigetoshikotari #hiromasaurakawa #japanboxingcommission #braininjuries #shunjiasamoto

The deaths of two young Japanese boxers from fatal brain injuries suffered in the ring on the same night have cast a spotlight on the importance of emergency action plans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/08/15/more-sports/boxing-deaths-safety-measures/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #shigetoshikotari #hiromasaurakawa #japanboxingcommission #braininjuries #shunjiasamoto

Headline writers at #HuffPost think that a disease affecting 40% of football players under 30 years old, and is detected in autopsies of 90% of former #NFL players, is “a rare disease”. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cte-illness-nyc-shooting_l_6888d304e4b0d2f593269ad0

#Whitewashing #CTE #BrainInjuries #CollegeFootball

Headline writers at #HuffPost think that a disease affecting 40% of football players under 30 years old, and is detected in autopsies of 90% of former #NFL players, is “a rare disease”. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cte-illness-nyc-shooting_l_6888d304e4b0d2f593269ad0

#Whitewashing #CTE #BrainInjuries #CollegeFootball

The #WebbSchool (est’d 1870) in Bell Buckle, #Tennessee cancels its 2025 TSSAA high school #football season because of low student participation. https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school/2025/07/18/tennessee-high-school-football-webb-school-bell-buckle-cancels-season-2025-tssaa/85272656007/?tbref=hp

#Education #progress wrt #CTE #BrainInjuries. 👏

The #WebbSchool (est’d 1870) in Bell Buckle, #Tennessee cancels its 2025 TSSAA high school #football season because of low student participation. https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/high-school/2025/07/18/tennessee-high-school-football-webb-school-bell-buckle-cancels-season-2025-tssaa/85272656007/?tbref=hp

#Education #progress wrt #CTE #BrainInjuries. 👏

Researchers at Northeastern University were left “absolutely stunned” when a preliminary study showed that psilocybin was able to restore brain function in adult rodents that had experienced mild, repetitive head injuries. @ScienceAlert has more:

https://flip.it/SuzjRJ

#Science #Brain #BrainInjuries #Health #Psylocybin

Researchers at Northeastern University were left “absolutely stunned” when a preliminary study showed that psilocybin was able to restore brain function in adult rodents that had experienced mild, repetitive head injuries. @ScienceAlert has more:

https://flip.it/SuzjRJ

#Science #Brain #BrainInjuries #Health #Psylocybin

#Psychedelic plant successfully treats #warvets’ traumatic #braininjuries

https://talker.news/2024/01/05/psychedelic-plant-successfully-treats-war-vets-traumatic-brain-injuries-study/

#Psychedelicdrug helps treat #PTSD and #traumatic #braininjuries

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2410990-psychedelic-drug-helps-treat-ptsd-and-traumatic-brain-injuries/?amp;utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news

#Psychedelicdrug helps treat #PTSD and #traumatic #braininjuries

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2410990-psychedelic-drug-helps-treat-ptsd-and-traumatic-brain-injuries/?amp;utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news

differently various review – artists with brain injuries balance anger with joy
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jul/31/differently-various-review-artists-with-brain-injuries-balance-anger-with-joy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#BrainInjuries
#Artists

differently various review – artists with brain injuries balance anger with joy
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jul/31/differently-various-review-artists-with-brain-injuries-balance-anger-with-joy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#BrainInjuries
#Artists

#FAMU proves once again that #CollegeFootball 🏈 makes zero contribution to the mission of any university, but brings many liabilities. 👉 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-am-football-rap-video-shoot_n_64bcea81e4b00356919a1c63

In this regard, they’re just like #CollegeFraternities , but with hugely expensive lawsuits from #CTE #BrainInjuries looming in the future. 🧠 💰 🤔

#BrainInjuries are chronic conditions that require lifelong management https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/mediaroom/pressreleaselisting/chronic-tbi-mmr
#WomenWithDisabilities #Neurodiversity #WomensHealth #disability

#BrainInjuries are chronic conditions that require lifelong management https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/mediaroom/pressreleaselisting/chronic-tbi-mmr
#WomenWithDisabilities #Neurodiversity #WomensHealth #disability

Sounds amazing. Would be fabulous if it can treat #brainInjuries and #heartdisease. And how about other uses, such as rebuilding #gumTissue in the mouth or closing up #hernias?

#TBI #heartAttack #biomaterial #medicalAdvance #healing

https://scitechdaily.com/groundbreaking-biomaterial-heals-tissues-from-the-inside-out/

CIA director “fuming” after Havana syndrome strikes team member in India - Enlarge / William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), arriv... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1797090 #vicepresidentkamalaharris #microwaveradiation #healthincidents #havanasyndrome #braininjuries #healthattacks #kamalaharris #williamburns #science #russia #china #cuba #cia

Mysterious health incidents rise to 130, US officials confirm - Enlarge / Picture of the US embassy in Havana, taken on September 29, 2017, after... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1765210 #havanasyndrome #braininjuries #healthattacks #freyeffect #microwave #pentagon #science #china #cuba #cia

Covert microwave weapon “most plausible” cause of Cuba “health attacks” - Enlarge / Picture of the US embassy in Havana, taken on September 29, 2017, after the United States... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1728806 #braininjuries #healthattacks #diplomats #microwave #science #cuba