NEW YORK: Concussion is suspected of causing various degenerative brain diseases and there is linkage to show that blows to the head are not good for the brain.
While the association is there, the causation, which is the greater burden of proof is not.
This week Dr Michael Turner, Colin Moynihan, a British MP for 10 years who served under prime minister Margaret Thatcher and Richard Dunwoody, the three-time champion national hunt jockey, came to Dublin to launch a project called the International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation (ICHIRF). It’s aiming to dispel the guesswork around the issue of concussion.
The long term study aims to address a lack of knowledge and seeks to establish whether retired sportsmen and sportswomen have a higher incidence, or suffer an earlier onset, of neuro-degenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s Disease…