WE CAUGHT UP WITH BROADWAY
JOE.
SHE JOINS US TO TELL US WHAT HE
IS UP TO THESE DAYS.
HE JUST RELEASED HIS NEW IATA
-- AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
" ALL THE WAY: MY LIFE IN FOUR
QUARTERS." HE IS PASSIONATE
ABOUT A FORM OF TREATMENT FOR
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
HE IS TRYING TO RAISE $10
MILLION TO PROVE THE TREATMENT
THAT WORKED FOR HIM COULD WORK
FOR OTHERS.
I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO WIN.
WHEN HE GUARANTEED THE JETS
WOULD WIN, HE SEALED HIS PLACE
IN HISTORY.
COULD HE LAND ANOTHER SPOT IN
HISTORY?
I HAVE SOME GUYS, FOOTBALL
ASSOCIATES THAT TOOK THEIR OWN
LIVES.
ALL OF THEM WERE FOUND TO
HAVE TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY.
I KNEW I HAD A HANDFUL OF
CONCUSSIONS AND I FELT LIKE IT
BUT MOVED ME TO FIND OUT FOR MY
CHILDREN AND MYSELF, YOU KNOW,
WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHAT CAN WE
DO ABOUT IT, IF ANYTHING.
I SPOKE ON FACETIME WITH THE
COFOUNDER OF THE CTE STUDY AT
BOSTON UNIVERSITY WHICH STUDIES
THE BRAINS OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS.
WE CAN TREAT THE SYMPTOMS.
WE HAVE THERAPIES THAT ERADICATE
THE UNDERLYING PROCESS, BUT WE
CAN TREAT THE SYMPTOMS AND ALSO
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
JOE NAMATH BEGAN RECEIVING
THE TREATMENT AFTER BRAIN SCANS
REVEALED SOMETHING TROUBLING.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS NOT GETTING
THE BLOOD FLOW.
AND THEN, AFTER 40 TREATMENTS
--
AFTER 120 TIMES, A HEALTHY
BRAIN BEGAN.
TODAY, WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE
JOE NAMATH CENTER HAS AN ACTIVE
STUDY TO SEE IF THESE RESULTS
CAN BE DUPLICATED.
THE WEBSITE SAYS THAT CLINICAL
TRIALS ARE ON HOLD.
WE ARE TRYING TO PROVE TO THE
FDA, WHICH IS VERY DEMANDING.
THEY DO NOT WANT ANECDOTAL
INFORMATION.
THEY WANT HARD INFORMATION IT
DOES WORK.
HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY CAN
BE CONTROVERSIAL.
IN LIGHT OF OTHER THERAPIES
THAT ARE AVAILABLE, WHAT YOU SAY
ABOUT THAT ONE OR THEY NEED FOR
MORE RESEARCH OR THE FACT IT MAY
NOT WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
AFTER THE THERAPY, HYPERBARIC
OXYGEN IS UNPROVEN.
THERE'S NO PEER-REVIEWED
LITERATURE THAT SAYS IT WORKS.
IT HAS BEEN AROUND AND IT HAS
BEEN STUDIED IN A NUMBER OF
RESEARCH PROTOCOLS, FOR
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AS WELL
AS FOR STROKE, AND IT HAS NOT
BEEN FOUND TO BE USEFUL IN
EITHER ONE.
THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO SWEAR
BY IT, BUT PROSPECTIVE
DOUBLE-BLIND STUDIES HAVE NOT
PROVED ITS EFFICACY.
JOE NAMATH KNOWS HE IS ONE OF
THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BUT HE IS
HOPING WHAT HE SAYS WORKS FOR
HIM WILL WORK FOR OTHERS.
AFTER ANOTHER HANDFUL OF
BRAIN SCANS, IT WILL HELP YOU.
WE KNOW IT WORKS.
BEYOND THE EFFICACY OF THIS
TREATMENT, THE THERAPY IS
EXPENSIVE AND NOT COVERED BY
INSURANCE.
THE DANGERS OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY REMAIN REAL THREATS TO