There has been a lot made about CTE in the media in the USA, some of that is now starting to percolate into the NHL.
As a consequence there have been a string of documentaries about CTE in hockey. First is The NHL’s deadly denial by the Atlantic;
The documentary implies that Todd Ewen had CTE which was ignored by a corrupt Doctor Lili-Naz Hazrati who was in the NHL’s back pocket. He was diagnosed eventually post mortem by Dr Anne McKee who found CTE in his brain. It is implied in the documentary that the CTE was the cause of his suicide.
Counter video here that addresses important details in the case that were missed out by the Atlantic;
Firstly Dr Lili-Naz Hazrati sent to 6 other Neuropathologists who all couldn’t find CTE before it was found by CTE.
Secondly CTE is a subjective diagnosis, it is at the discretion of the Doctor how much of the active ingredient (phosphorylated tau) needs to be seen for it to be deemed clinically significant.
Thirdly Dr Lil-Naz Hazrati has been cautioning against CTE miss self diagnosis before the Ewen case. She had been contacted by an individual who had miss self diagnosed with CTE whilst instead having a treatable case of Vasculitis. They committed suicide believing their condition was only going to get worse.
A third documentary focuses on Derek Boogaard;
There are others out there.
So do you think CTE is being overhyped by the media? Or do you think fighting should be banned to cut back on the dangers of this brain disease?
