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At least 25 percent of NFL players will suffer brain disease.
In the latest study, at least 215 of 878 former players suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), but the number is likely much higher:
The total does not include several other brains examined by scientists not affiliated with the researchers, and thus unverifiable, or those widely presumed to have had CTE due to the severity of symptoms but who were not tested at death.
Study’s Alarming Finding: At Least 1 in 4 N.F.L. Players Gets Brain Disease
[The New York Times]
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