A Boston University study found that NFL players with advanced CTE did not qualify for compensation under the NFL Concussion Settlement. Researchers linked cognitive testing performance during life ...

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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease that can only be diagnosed with a brain dissection after death. Because of that, most research about the disease has relied on ...

Questions and answers regarding the degenerative brain disease, a prevalent issue at all levels of football that won’t go away any time soon.

Researchers behind the study, the largest ever of deceased NFL players’ brains, said the true prevalence of brain disease at death was probably higher.

A new study found evidence that at least 1 in 4 former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

The NFLPA acknowledged the report "suggests that CTE may be significantly more common among NFL players than previously understood." ...

At least one in four NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had the degenerative brain disease known as CTE, a new study has revealed. The study, published Tuesday by the British Medical Journal, ...

Researchers analyzed 1,712 former players who died between 2008 and 2021.

There's no sure way to diagnose the degenerative brain disease while a person is still alive. Now researchers are combining brain imaging, blood tests, and more to find answers. Chronic traumatic ...

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