Forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu (who was played by Will Smith in the recent “Concussion” movie) first discovered that football players were susceptible to CTE. Initially, CTE was referred to as dementia pugilistica, or punch-drunk syndrome, and had only been diagnosed in boxers. After discovering CTE in former Pittsburgh Steelers’ Hall of Famer Mike Webster’s […]
For many years, it has been debated whether or not medicinal marijuana has medical benefits. This widely used street drug has been studied for decades by various doctors and scientists. Despite the many research projects on marijuana, the United States government lists the plant as a Schedule I controlled substance. Today, Colorado and Washington have […]
Dr. Matthew Matava of the St. Louis Rams and the NFL President of the NFL Physicians Society has been practicing orthopedics for almost two decades and has written numerous papers on injury trends and findings relating to NFL athletes. SportTechie: The NFL just came out with a study that says concussions are down 13 percent […]
