The actual prevalence, researchers said, may be much higher.
Category: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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At Least 1 in 4 NFL Players Gets CTE, Major New Study Finds
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Your Child Plays Football. How Can You Minimize Risk of C.T.E.?
The New York Times – On the Runway:Researchers say it’s all about reducing the total number of blows to the head.
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Many N.F.L. Players Get Brain Disease. Why Hasn’t OSHA Intervened?
The New York Times – Business:“We never see things that are this dire,” a former chief scientist of the agency said about rates of C.T.E. in former players.
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Former Football Players With CTE Have Turned to Violence
The gunman in the Manhattan office shooting said in a note that he believed he had C.T.E., a degenerative disease linked by studies to repeated hits to the head.
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Las bofetadas como deporte extremo
Las peleas a bofetadas solían ser una competencia violenta poco definida, pero el presidente de la UFC, Dana White, le ha dado al proyecto la apariencia de deporte legítimo bajo el nombre de Power Slap.
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Behind the Scenes of the Most Spectacular Show On TV
Months of preparation, hundreds of staff, convoys of cutting-edge gear: inside the machine that crafts prime time’s most popular entertainment.
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After the Loss of a Son, a Football Coach Confronts a Terrible Truth
Meiko Locksley was found to have had a degenerative brain disease often associated with football. His father, the head coach at Maryland, is still reckoning with the implications.
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C.T.E. Found for First Time in Female Pro Athlete
Heather Anderson, an Australian rules football player, was found posthumously to have had the degenerative brain disease.
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Collective Force of Head Hits Increases Odds of CTE, Study Says
The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease.
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An N.F.L. Doctor Wants to Know Why Some Players Get C.T.E. and Others Don’t
The newly opened National Sports Brain Bank plans to study head trauma specific to athletes. Jerome Bettis has already pledged to donate his brain.
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Charles White, Heisman Winner With a Difficult Second Act, Dies at 64
The New York Times – Sports:A tough, bruising tailback, he set U.S.C.’s career rushing record. But he also dealt with drug and alcohol abuse and, later, dementia.
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What the N.F.L. Says, and What It Doesn’t, About Injuries
The New York Times – Sports:The league regularly shares information about concussions and knee injuries, but it reveals only so much about player health in general.