Athletes' Brains Reveal Concussion Damage 328
jamie found a story on research about what concussions do to athletes, with the insights coming mostly from the study of the donated brains of dead athletes. The NFL has the biggest profile in the piece, but other sports make an appearance too. Turns out that repeated concussions can result in depression, insomnia, and the beginnings of something that looks a lot like Alzheimer's. "The idea that you can whack your head hundreds of times in your life and knock yourself out and get up and be fine is gone," said [retired wrestler] Nowinski. "We know we can't do that anymore. This causes long-term damage."
Referencing to other article (Score:5, Funny)
Dangerous (Score:2, Funny)
We have to stop that before someone is so gone that he shoots himself in the leg.
Re:If this is true... (Score:5, Funny)
It's a conspiracy.
Athletes? (Score:5, Funny)
And they needed to study athletes for this? They could have asked anyone who's ever done more than a week of front-line tech support.
Briefly, the degree of mental impairment is roughly proportional to the depth of the worn-out concavity in the desk. The rates at which both measurements increase over time show a logarithmic flattening-out as one progresses from front-line support to management.
nobrainer (Score:2, Funny)
Whoever tagged this "nobrainer" deserves a cookie. :)
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
Think about it.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:whodathunkit? (Score:5, Funny)
+1 unintentional onomatopoeia
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
So very true. Other cancers of todays medicine are the "let it all out"-philosophy in gastroenterology and the "don't be so hard on yourself" school of urology.
Re:It's not that surprising (Score:4, Funny)
Yeah but Meatwad make the money see, Meatwad get the honeys G.
With all of that, what would you want with a functioning brain?
Re:Simple... give 'em ganja (Score:2, Funny)
That has the insidious side effect of causing the patient to start speaking lolcat though.
Re:Think about it.. (Score:2, Funny)
At first your comment made me want to bang my head against the desk, but I know better than to do that now.
Re:Really? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Really? (Score:5, Funny)
Nowinski? (Score:5, Funny)
Never bet on the guy named "Nowinski". He's never won anything.
Re:Referencing to other article (Score:5, Funny)
Common F. Sense is absent again... (Score:4, Funny)
"The idea that you can whack your head hundreds of times in your life and knock yourself out and get up and be fine is gone....We know we can't do that anymore."
Just curious in what medical journal was this ever listed outside of the No-Shit-Sherlock section?
Unreal what a Common Sense deficiency can do to a person.
Re:Really? (Score:3, Funny)
"The idea that you can whack your head hundreds of times in your life and knock yourself out and get up and be fine is gone," said [retired wrestler] Nowinski.
This was a legitimate idea that people actually believed?
No. He just whacked his head a few hundred times, and finally came to the correct conclusion.
Re:Referencing to other article (Score:5, Funny)
Oblig Eddie Izzard:
"But the Dutch speak four languages and smoke marijuana!"
"Yes, but they're cheating! Everyone knows marijuana is a drug enhancement, that can help you on track in field, to come... last, in a team of... eight million other runners who are all dead."
Re:If this is true... (Score:2, Funny)
It's a marital art.
Re:Really? (Score:4, Funny)
Okay, okay! I admit I was wrong. Will you call off your friends from posting even more damning replies!?