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Study: At least 25% of former NFL players who died 2016-2021 had CTE
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Study: At least 25% of former NFL players who died 2016-2021 had CTE

A study analyzing donated brains found that at least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head trauma.

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