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At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had the progressive brain disease CTE, study suggests
At least a quarter of former professional football players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a progressive, degenerative brain disease, according to a study published on August 25 in the British Medical Journal.
A new study of NFL players who had played in at least one of the league's games and died between 2016-2021 showed at least 25% of them had CTE.
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head injuries, like those in athletes or military veterans.
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