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Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:45:20 -0500
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On 3/25/2025 5:04 PM, Shadow wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:00:19 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Tue Mar 25 12:12:26 2025 Shadow  wrote:
>>> On Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:15:54 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon Mar 24 17:02:01 2025 Mark J cleary  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I like to wear helmet for extra protection against a fall. I do agree
>>>>> that for me even running with a helmet would be good since I have no
>>>>> balance to run anymore. However, Frank is I think in the minority about
>>>>> helmets and while he may have data to support it sometimes we humans
>>>>> overlook data. I rely sometimes only on intuition and what I think might
>>>>> be good. I really don't understand the length's Frank goes to dis
>>>>> helmets but maybe I am simply taking it more than it is. Small news
>>>>> group so?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There weren 597,000 bicycle related traumatic brain injuries treated in emergency hospitals in the US alone.
>>>
>>> 	99% are "I think I might have bumped my head"
>>>
>>> 	PS Half a million brain injuries ? Is this over a month?
>>> 	No wonder they voted wrong.
>>> 	I'd vote wrong if I had a brain injury.
>>> 	[]'s
>>>>
>>>> Btain injuries are among the most serious consequences of bicycle accidents and include concussions, moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries and post-concussive syndrome.
>>>>
>>>> But Frank tells us that these injuries do not exist in his universe.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Shadow, those are HOSPITAL EVALUATED injuries and not your idea of "I think I bumped my head". These are SHOWN on an MRI as was mine. I suggest if you don't understand what is being said that you simply ask a question. We are happy to answer your questions.
>>
>> When they say "traumatic brain injuries, that meand they have been diagnosed either with x-rays which show major damage or Magnetic Resonance Imaging which shows everything.
> 
> 	NO, TBI means anything from a slight headache to a small
> hematoma to the skull. Or even if the patient says "I think I bumped
> my head".
> 	Some hospitals ask "did you bump your head?" and if the
> patient can't remember, mark "yes" for insurance purposes.
> 	Brain damage rarely shows on a simple Xray, unless there is a
> fracture. An MRI might or might not show anything. Ditto a CT scan.
> Depends if there is any bleeding or swelling.
> 	The diagnosis is usually clinical. Loss of function, temporary
> blindness or deafness, loss of memory(main sign of concussion),
> confusion etc. And those can all have other causes.
> 
> 	Never trust what the hospitals say. Not in a country where
> they are run as a business.
> 	[]'s

They are a racket.

A business in interested in competing against other 
businesses for satisfied customers at a competitive price.

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