Have you seen the movie Concussion (2015) where an accomplished pathologist uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated mild traumatic injury in the course of normal play. The story is about the famous physician Dr. Bennet Omalu who unveiled the pathophysiology of the clinical condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Revealing the truth on Concussion!
Born in Nigeria in 1968, Bennet Omalu graduated from the University of Nigeria's medical school, before continuing his training in the United States. In 2002, he discovered the presence of a degenerative disease in the brain of former pro football player Mike Webster, naming the condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Webster had displayed patterns of distressing behavior before his death from a heart attack at age 50, and Omalu was curious as to what clues the former player's…
