Topic: cte

Study Finds NFL Players Die of Brain Disease at Higher Rates

• Former NFL players are about four times more likely than other American men to die from a neurodegenerative disease such as dementia, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, a large study has found, with the gap far wider for those who died young.
• Researchers say it points to the toll of repeated head impacts, though it cannot prove the cause of any single death.