Repeated Concussions

Time to Spur Action Among Vulnerable Veterans

Bibliographic Data

ID11020030
AuthorsUchenna S Uchendu (Uchenna S. Uchendu is with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. Bennet I. Omalu is with the Department of Pathology, University of California, Davis. David X. Cifu is with the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond. Leonard E. Egede is with the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston.), Bennet I Omalu (Uchenna S. Uchendu is with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. Bennet I. Omalu is with the Department of Pathology, University of California, Davis. David X. Cifu is with the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond. Leonard E. Egede is with the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston.), Bennet Omalu (Veterans Health Administration), David X Cifu (0000-0003-1600-9387, Uchenna S. Uchendu is with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. Bennet I. Omalu is with the Department of Pathology, University of California, Davis. David X. Cifu is with the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond. Leonard E. Egede is with the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston.), L E Egede (0000-0003-1546-1515, Veterans Health Administration)
Year2016
Volume106
Issue8
Pages1366-1368
Publication date2016-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2016.303293
PMID27310350
OpenAlexW2420171033
LanguageEN
References cited6

The Secretary of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Honorable Robert McDonald recently pledged to donate his brain for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) research. Citing exposures to football, rugby, boxing, and paratrooper escapades as an army ranger, Secretary McDonald suggested that his brain could add to the body of knowledge on the effect of repeated concussions. In the meantime, work is under way to make the connections between the CTE postmortem diagnosis and the clinical findings while people are alive. Such knowledge is expected to positively impact medical management for people at risk and inform necessary policies, preventive actions, and health equity issues. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print June 16, 2016: e1-e2. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303293). Language: en

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy · Concussion · Family medicine · Football · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Public health · Suicide prevention · Veterans Affairs · Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances · Traumatic Brain Injury Research · Gerontology

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