Phineas Gage Case
Plot[ edit ] Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster is found dead in his pickup truckafter years of self-mutilation and homelessness. Before his death, Ckncussion Strzelczyka former fellow football player, confides in Webster that he is starting to lose his memory, is saying odd things to his children, and nearly threw his wife against the wall. A disoriented Webster brushes Strzelczyk's worries off, and deliriously tells Laskasx that the most important thing "is to finish the game," reciting what he said Jeanne Laskass Concussion his Hall of Fame speech. He wonders how an otherwise healthy man could have degenerated so quickly, and makes it a point to figure out why he died of a heart attack at only fifty years of age. Omalu closely examines microscope slides of Webster's brain and sees evidence of severe neurotraumaconcluding that Webster died as a result of the long-term effects of repeated blows to the head, a disorder he terms chronic traumatic encephalopathy CTE.
With the help of former Steelers team doctor Julian Bailes, fellow neurologist Dr. Steven DeKosky and county coroner Dr. Cyril WechtDr. Omalu publishes his findings in Neurosurgerywhich are dismissed by the NFL. Over several years, Dr. He persuades newly appointed NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to allow him to present his findings before a player safety committee. However, the NFL does not Jeanne Laskass Concussion him seriously, and he is barred from Jeanne Laskass Concussion committee meeting, forcing the former NFL employee Bailes to give the presentation in place of OCncussion.
However, the meeting is a set up, where the NFL claims that the players' head trauma is unrelated to football, but rather, due to past injuries.
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Omalu and tells him to "go back to Africa. Omalu is subjected to considerable pressure to back down from his efforts, as football is a widely beloved sport in Pittsburghhaving provided jobs and allowed men to go to Jranne. Wecht is subjected to a politically motivated prosecution on corruption charges, and Dr. Omalu is forced to leave Pittsburgh soon after, lest he be deported Jeanne Laskass Concussion, or sent to prison on petty charges as punishment for tarnishing the NFL's image.
Before leaving, he urges the NFL to tell the truth. Omalu's wife, Prema, suffers a miscarriage after being followed in her car.]
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