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At least 25% of ex-NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a study released Tuesday showed. Dr. Robert C. Cantu, founding member and medical director for the Concussion and CTE Foundation, joins CBS News to discuss.
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At least 25% of ex-NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a study released Tuesday showed. Dr. Robert C. Cantu, founding member and medical director for the Concussion and CTE Foundation, joins CBS News to discuss.
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At least 1 in 4 former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 may have had CTE, according to a new study published Monday in The BMJ.
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At least 1 in 4 former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 may have had CTE, according to a new study published Monday in The BMJ.
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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.
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The actual prevalence, researchers said, may be much higher.
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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 on Tuesday. Out of the 878 former players who died during that time frame, 235 donated their brains for study, researchers said, with 215 of those donated brains found to have CTE, a degenerative disease that can only definitively be diagnosed after death. CTE is associated with repeated blow...
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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.
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The earliest report in this entry came from BBC News (Aug 25, 2026, 11:54 UTC); the most recent came from CBS News — Top (Aug 25, 2026, 17:59 UTC).
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