[HN Gopher] A Missing Link Between Concussion and Alzheimer's
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       A Missing Link Between Concussion and Alzheimer's
        
       Author : dnetesn
       Score  : 50 points
       Date   : 2025-01-28 14:27 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | A_D_E_P_T wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/stk9W
        
       | ggm wrote:
       | A lot of women live longer than men. So, a lot of older people
       | with altzheimers are women. Before modern times, women did not
       | play contact sport and had lower concussion risk, unless it's
       | undiagnosed. (The cohort in question would all have been born
       | before 1950)
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       | I'm not saying there's no risk but I am saying it will be
       | multifaceted and multi factor. Avoid concussion no matter what.
        
         | vastluck wrote:
         | > Avoid concussion no matter what.
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         | I'd revise that to "take reasonable precautions." I speak from
         | experience: I gave myself a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)
         | while mocking the relevant precaution in college.
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         | > it will be multifaceted and multi factor.
         | 
         | Same goes for brain injury recovery. For example, there's some
         | evidence intermittent fasting helps with TBI recovery [1]
         | (figure 1 is an observed behavior, not a marker).
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         | [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30734244/
        
       | kmoser wrote:
       | Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42893627
        
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