Study: At least 1 in 4 former NFL players who died from 2016 to 2021 had CTE

A new study looks at NFL football and traumatic brain injuries : Short Wave

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1 in 4 NFL Players Who Died Had Brain Disease, Landmark Study Finds

A study of CTE in NFL players found at least 1 in 4 who died had the brain disease, with severe cases tied to dementia. The post 1 in 4 NFL Players Who Died Had Brain Disease, Landmark Study Finds appeared first on StudyFinds.

The most shocking thing about the latest statistics on CTE in football is that we find them so shocking

The latest study on CTE in football players “quantifies but does not reveal a problem,” writes Emily Harrison, a historian who studies brain injury in football.

Study: At least 1 in 4 former NFL players who died from 2016 to 2021 had CTE

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head injuries, like those in athletes or military veterans.