NewzA new study published in The BMJ examines the prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) among deceased former NFL players. According to the research, at least one in four former players studied may have had the degenerative brain disease.
While reports vary slightly on the exact timeframe of the deceased individuals analyzed—with sources pointing to brains from players who died between either 2016 and 2021 or 2008 and 2021—the findings consistently highlight a notable rate of CTE among the former professional football players evaluated in the research.
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