Head Trauma at BIO in San Francisco
That’s Will Smith up there, talking to Dr. Bennett Omalu about the movie “Concussion,” which Will starred in and is based on the life of Dr. Omalu. The trailer tells you enough, but the idea is Dr. Omalu came to America and discovered Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), and when he raised the flag on this disease to the National Football League (NFL), they tried to keep it buried. This is a still-unfolding story in the world of sports. It’s been suggested the movie was “softened” to avoid antagonizing the NFL, and the NFL has pulled funding for studies examining the effects on the brain of repeated head trauma. Read more
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