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I think that head injuries are a known cause of dementia (my father suffered a serious head injury and developed dementia a few years later at the age of about

I think that head injuries are a known cause of dementia (my father suffered a serious head injury and developed dementia a few years later at the age of about 70). It has been implicated in connection with sports injuries (boxing, rugby, heading a ball). I wonder if the risk of head injury has reduced with time?

JumpCrisscross 1y ago
> head injuries are a known cause of dementia Almost 2x more likely [1]. > wonder if the risk of head injury has reduced with time? The lack of spikes from the world wars would suggest otherwise. [1] https://karger.com/ned/article-pdf/56/1/4/3752570/000520966.pdf https://karger.com/ned/article-pdf/56/1/4/3752570/000520966....
- MangoToupe 1y ago
  I think being around explosions actually IS linked to Alzheimer's. It wouldn't surprise me to find a link to dementia as well. But generally, bullets, disease, and malnutrition don't cause the same sort of brain trauma. https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/blast-related-concussions-linked-to-higher-alzheimers-risk https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/blast-related-concussi...
  - WalterBright 1y ago
    60 Minutes recently ran a segment on the cumulative damage of relatively small explosions (such as rifle shots) can lead to brain injury and dementia, even with hearing protection.
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    - genewitch 1y ago
      I know i gave you a little crap vis a vis the toyota stuck accelrator thing in another thread, but i quoted you about this stat twice, yesterday. I rarely pay attention to usernames when replying, and you have a breadth of experience that doesn't immediately identify who's "speaking." how many books have you written ;-)
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bsimpson 1y ago
My dad's hobby when I was a kid was playing the saxophone. Bunch of wind instrument legends started dying relatively young around that time, and he went "yeah… no." (Granted, he wasn't doing drugs and alcohol like musicians probably do, but it was still enough to scare him away.)
- madcaptenor 1y ago
  You had me wondering if wind-playing itself has unfortunate cognitive effects. (This seems just barely plausible, since you spend a lot of time breathing funny if you play a wind instrument.)

JumpCrisscross 1y ago

> head injuries are a known cause of dementia Almost 2x more likely [1]. > wonder if the risk of head injury has reduced with time? The lack of spikes from the world wars would suggest otherwise. [1] https://karger.com/ned/article-pdf/56/1/4/3752570/000520966.pdf https://karger.com/ned/article-pdf/56/1/4/3752570/000520966....

MangoToupe 1y ago
I think being around explosions actually IS linked to Alzheimer's. It wouldn't surprise me to find a link to dementia as well. But generally, bullets, disease, and malnutrition don't cause the same sort of brain trauma. https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/blast-related-concussions-linked-to-higher-alzheimers-risk https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/blast-related-concussi...
- WalterBright 1y ago
  60 Minutes recently ran a segment on the cumulative damage of relatively small explosions (such as rifle shots) can lead to brain injury and dementia, even with hearing protection.
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  - genewitch 1y ago
    I know i gave you a little crap vis a vis the toyota stuck accelrator thing in another thread, but i quoted you about this stat twice, yesterday. I rarely pay attention to usernames when replying, and you have a breadth of experience that doesn't immediately identify who's "speaking." how many books have you written ;-)

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bsimpson 1y ago

My dad's hobby when I was a kid was playing the saxophone. Bunch of wind instrument legends started dying relatively young around that time, and he went "yeah… no." (Granted, he wasn't doing drugs and alcohol like musicians probably do, but it was still enough to scare him away.)

madcaptenor 1y ago
You had me wondering if wind-playing itself has unfortunate cognitive effects. (This seems just barely plausible, since you spend a lot of time breathing funny if you play a wind instrument.)