Dr. Goodman Quotations

Looking at what was reported on Shaun Alexander, I find it amazing that he could even be considered to play, for somebody who said they were confused and didn't know what was going on and missed about 20 minutes of his life.

And though there?s no research, as a nice Jewish boy, I can say chicken soup is a good source of protein, and the collagen from the joints of the chicken is an immune stimulant. It can be quite helpful as a placebo.

There's no way you can say it's more dangerous than boxing.

People condemn boxing constantly. But the truth of the matter is that if you look at how boxing is regulated, even with the smaller commissions, you're going to see that for the most part, if a doctor has diagnosed the symptom that Shaun Alexander has described having, nobody in their right mind would allow them to go back into a situation where he could injure his head again, no sooner than 30 days, and it should be at least 45 days if not longer, depending on how his test results come out and for how long it takes for him to improve.

That's what we call a retrograde amnesia, which is an amnesia following the event for a period of time. That's a fairly significant concussion. That person may pass all of these tests, which may not prove one thing or another, and the last thing they need is to go back into a situation where they can face subsequent injury to their head again. But nobody wants to hear this.