At least 1 in 4 former National Football League players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a study released on Tuesday in the journal BMJ.
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With the NFL preseason in full swing, I can’t help thinking about the incremental neurological damage that’s being inflicted on the players with each vicious tackle and violent collision. The damage — chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease better known as CTE — has often be…
The study also found that nearly two-thirds of former NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) who donated their brains for the research met the clinical criteria for dementia, and severe CTE was associated with dementia more frequently.
A detail of the NFL logo on The Duke Wilson football before a preseason game between the Washington Commanders and Detroit Lions at Ford Field on Aug. 22, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan.
Playing football has long been linked to the brain disease known as CTE, but how prevalent it is is still unknown. A new study of former NFL players who died recently found that at least 25% had CTE.
In a new study from Mass General Brigham, Boston University (BU), and the Concussion & CTE Foundation, researchers found evidence that at least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of death, a much higher prevalence comp…
215 of 235 donated brains showed signs of CTE Condition can only be diagnosed after death Symptoms include problems with memory and mood At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a study released…
A new study says at least one in four ex-NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had a degenerative brain disease but the true figure could be much higher.
At least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 was found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a study released on Tuesday.
Nearly a quarter of NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a new study by Mass General Brigham shows. Dr. Céline Gounder has more.
Scientists associated with Mass General Brigham and Boston University have been studying CTE. Of the more than 800 brains of former NFL players examined, at least 200 had the degenerative disease.
By Nadia Kounang, CNN (CNN) — At least 1 in 4 former National Football League players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a study released on Tuesday in the journal BMJ.
It is the latest research from neuropathologists and other scientists mostly affiliated with Mass General Brigham, Boston University and the UNITE Brain Bank, which have led CTE research and handled most donated brains of former athletes over the past two decades.
No less than 25 percent of deceased former NFL players who died from 2016 to 2021 were found to have had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a study released Tuesday.
A new Tuesday report found that at least 25 percent of deceased NFL players studied suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in their lives. A team of researchers published a report in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), analyzing former NFL players’ brains that died between 2008 and 2021…
At least 25% of former NFL players who died from 2016-21 had the degenerative brain disease CTE, according to a study posted Tuesday by the British Medical Journal.
A new BMJ study offers the first population-based CTE prevalence estimate for NFL players, finding a minimum of 25% among those who died from 2016-2021.
