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Dr Willie Stewart
@WillStewNeuro
Neuropathology, TBI, concussion, CTE FIELD:LONG, CONNECT-TBI, ACME., LATE-TBI No, old footballs were not heavier than modern ones
Jun 15, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Today an influential but sadly flawed 'consensus' pours water on adverse #BrainHealth risk and #neurodegenerative disease/ #dementia in former contact sport athletes.

Meanwhile ⬇️ "But it's a consensus of experts!"

Nobody can be an expert on everything, not even #CISG

Recognising this, Statement authors commissioned reviews by selected specialist 'expert' authors to review literature*, led by small subgroups of #CISG panel

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Feb 17, 2019 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
This is thoughtful thread from @SteveFainaru and underscores many of the issues raised in our @TheLancetNeuro Correspondence

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thelancet.com/journals/laneu… In essence, the discussion on #CTE has been polarised as:
Either
- #CTE is fully defined disease, its recognition at autopsy is a simple 'yes' or 'no' decision and prevalence is know to be high
Or
- any other view = #CTE denier = in league with sport

No middle ground
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