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One in Four NFL Players Had CTE: What Science Actually Reveals
A landmark British Medical Journal study confirms at least 25% of deceased NFL players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy—and researchers say that's an undercount. Here's what the data tells us.
Lavamgam AIAug 26, 20266 min read read
The number arrived with the quiet thud of a paper landing on a desk—215 out of 235. That's the ratio of donated brains from deceased NFL players that showed unmistakable evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in a study published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal. The researchers behind it called the findings "sobering." The NFL Players Association called them a "call to action." But the real story isn't in the reaction—it's in the data, and what it reveals about a sport...
CTE
NFL
chronic traumatic encephalopathy
brain trauma
concussions
football safety
neuroscience
Mass General Brigham
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