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D74248 t1_jct7le4 wrote
Reply to comment by Smacks860 in A Swedish study found elite male soccer players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls. A previous study from Scotland suggested that soccer players were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease. by Wagamaga
You can find studies that go either way, but the underlying fact is that girl's high school soccer is clearly right up there with high school football. It is a vicious sport, I suspect because of ex-jock fathers pushing their daughters to be aggressive.
Source: Father whose daughter had 2 serious concussions playing high school soccer. I wish that I knew then what I know now. It is not a nice, safe sport.
D74248 t1_jct6ycm wrote
Reply to comment by Fit-Anything8352 in A Swedish study found elite male soccer players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls. A previous study from Scotland suggested that soccer players were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease. by Wagamaga
My knees would like to say a few words. Fortunately, they cannot talk.
Speaking of which, time for my Celecoxib.
Lateralis85 t1_jct58f9 wrote
Reply to comment by praetorion999 in A Swedish study found elite male soccer players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls. A previous study from Scotland suggested that soccer players were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease. by Wagamaga
The evidence from rugby is that soft helmets ("scrum caps" in rugby) aren't effective at preventing injuries through impact, but preventing abrasions and cuts. So for concussions and sub-concussive impacts, scrum caps are of little value but they give the illusion of protection which encourages riskier behaviour.
Smacks860 t1_jct4ijp wrote
Reply to comment by mtcwby in A Swedish study found elite male soccer players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls. A previous study from Scotland suggested that soccer players were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease. by Wagamaga
That’s literally ridiculous.
Smacks860 t1_jct4g1s wrote
Reply to comment by Eve-3 in A Swedish study found elite male soccer players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls. A previous study from Scotland suggested that soccer players were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease. by Wagamaga
Ear infections? That’s all I got…
HeartAche93 t1_jct46a6 wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Neighborhood6186 in Specific cannabinoids revive adaptive immunity by reversing immune evasion mechanisms in metastatic tumours by Defiant_Race_7544
The study has nothing to do with smoking or eating weed. Getting the specific compounds found in these studies, and in the quantities needed to be effective, is very expensive.
Eve-3 t1_jct38cc wrote
Reply to comment by Fit-Anything8352 in A Swedish study found elite male soccer players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls. A previous study from Scotland suggested that soccer players were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease. by Wagamaga
The form most people use for running/jogging is usually terrible for the knees. Much better than messing up your brain, but not ideal.
I'd guess watersports as the least problematic. I don't recall hearing anything bad about swimming. (Looking forward to the comments saying why I'm wrong so I can learn something new)
Wagamaga OP t1_jct2bt9 wrote
Reply to Scientists have found a novel way to block the transportation of mutant RNA and subsequent production of toxic repeat proteins which lead to the death of nerve cells in the most common subtypes of MND and FTD. by Wagamaga
Scientists have found a novel way to block the transportation of mutant RNA and subsequent production of toxic repeat proteins which lead to the death of nerve cells in the most common genetic subtypes of motor neurone disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
The new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Sheffield’s Institute of Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), also showed that using a peptide to stop the transport of mutant repeated RNA molecules and production of toxic repeat proteins actually increases the survival of C9ORF72 nerve cells - protecting them against neurodegeneration.
The Sheffield team previously discovered the abnormal transportation of the rogue RNAs copied from the C9ORF72 gene - known to be the most frequent cause of MND and FTD - is caused by excessive stickiness of a cell transporter named SRSF1.
Instead of using conventional drugs, which are inefficient in disrupting the stickiness of the SRSF1 protein, or invasive therapies to edit or modulate the activity of defective genes, the new study found that a small peptide incorporating a cell-penetrating module can stick to SRSF1 and effectively block the transportation of the rogue repeat RNA.
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PeanutBAndJealous t1_jcsyvjb wrote
Reply to A Swedish study found elite male soccer players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls. A previous study from Scotland suggested that soccer players were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease. by Wagamaga
Funny. I saw the title and thought of insulin resistance in the brain, everyone else says headers
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Reply to comment by humanefly in Specific cannabinoids revive adaptive immunity by reversing immune evasion mechanisms in metastatic tumours by Defiant_Race_7544
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-little-dorrit- t1_jcsvz7p wrote
Reply to comment by FodT in Specific cannabinoids revive adaptive immunity by reversing immune evasion mechanisms in metastatic tumours by Defiant_Race_7544
I agree - to a point. European guidances specify though than plain language summaries must accompany results of clinical studies (accompany - not replace). This, along with the fact that an increasing number of journals are going fully or partially open access, indicates a trend towards improving access to scientific knowledge for the public. Because why should this knowledge be privileged? A significant proportion of it is after all publicly funded. And as the OP u/davotk has shown, lay summaries are quite easy to write if you have any experience in communications with lay audiences. Likewise, they should be fairly easy for the paper’s authors to write. I think this bridge to the generally public is a very important positive step in science communication, personally.
I get that the previous comment to which you were responding was unnecessarily snarky. But there is a grain of validity in there as well.
Cloudy0- t1_jcsv3ez wrote
Reply to Researchers who compared people with frontotemporal dementia have found that those born overseas who first spoke a language other than English can tolerate the disease longer before symptoms gain a foothold. by Wagamaga
I assume this can be generalized? Meaning that people who use their second language regularly can avoid the onset of dementia for longer, regardless of whether that language is English or not?
PfEMP1 t1_jcsuviq wrote
Reply to comment by SignalTrip1504 in A Swedish study found elite male soccer players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls. A previous study from Scotland suggested that soccer players were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease. by Wagamaga
Hot weather isn’t a problem in Scotland
tufelixostarrichi t1_jcsurr2 wrote
Reply to A Swedish study found elite male soccer players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls. A previous study from Scotland suggested that soccer players were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease. by Wagamaga
How do we know that this setup Leads to wish of playing soccer?
flanflinger t1_jcsuesx wrote
Reply to comment by Wagamaga in Researchers who compared people with frontotemporal dementia have found that those born overseas who first spoke a language other than English can tolerate the disease longer before symptoms gain a foothold. by Wagamaga
>There is a tendency for culturally diverse patients, particularly those who come to Australia, to have higher levels of cognitive reserve,” Ms Skeggs said
Wouldn't they also be less inclined to be involved in sports like rugby and aussie rules football, so less likely to receive sport induced head trauma?
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Davotk t1_jcspz3i wrote
Reply to comment by humanefly in Specific cannabinoids revive adaptive immunity by reversing immune evasion mechanisms in metastatic tumours by Defiant_Race_7544
I loved this point. Slippery slope counterpoint for safety's sake.
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EggCouncilCreeps t1_jcspp17 wrote
Reply to Specific cannabinoids revive adaptive immunity by reversing immune evasion mechanisms in metastatic tumours by Defiant_Race_7544
It's late and my eyes started glazing but they caught Histone Deacetalyse Inhibitors is this what they are talking about? Just curious, I've come across this in some other research and I may need to dig deeper into those.
Smacks860 t1_jct9vtl wrote
Reply to comment by D74248 in A Swedish study found elite male soccer players are 1.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease compared to population controls. A previous study from Scotland suggested that soccer players were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease. by Wagamaga
Not trying to be condescending here, but there is a ton of correlation bias going on on your part. I’m not saying soccer isn’t “rough” (I played it my whole life so I do have some anecdotal understanding), but to interpret whatever data you are seeing as - HS girls soccer is rougher/more concussions/etc. than HS football is a huge error (and honestly a good example of how wrongly people interpreted data on a day to day basis for many important topics). There are many variables in play here. For example, it is extremely likely that HS girls tend to report injuries (then leading to diagnoses) at a much higher rate than HS boys / football players. Also, a concussion-causing incident is much more obvious (to a coach / parent / viewer) in soccer than it is in football, again leading to more reporting/diagnoses. Further - why do you think HS girls soccer shows a higher concussion rate than boys HS soccer (I’m assuming that is true, based on whatever reports you are seeing and the fact that you specifically stated “girls HS soccer” vs just “HS soccer”)? It’s the same sport, same rules, although boys soccer is played at a much faster pace (if anything should correlate to higher concussions in boys HS soccer). The answer is because again - statistics don’t always tell the full story.