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Rugby league icon Wally Lewis has made an impassioned plea for further funding into concussion and traumatic brain injury research. The Queensland great used his address at the National Press Club to open up about his experience with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
Former rugby league winger James McManus has revealed he was left with the brain of a 50-year-old after taking too many knocks to the head.
A couple of knocks to the top is taken into account par for the course in case you're an expert rugby league participant.
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Macquarie University/The Lighthouse Support groups to help people at risk of the concussion-linked dementia syndrome, CTE, are part of a range of treatments underway by Macquarie University neurologist Dr Rowena Mobbs, whose research has identified symptoms that can be early signs of the disease. Athletes in many contact sports are expected to take hard knocks in their stride; but repeated blows to the head are increasingly being linked to the progressive brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Danger: a new national study has identified a form of dementia in athletes that is li...