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Brain disease high in football players

Brain Trauma

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy begins when repeated blows to the brain are not allowed to heal. In its later stages, CTE can lead to rage, aggression, paranoia, and suicidal thoughts.

 

NFL pledges $30 million for medical research

Roger Goodell

The NFL has pledged $30 million for medical research to the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health... Potential areas of research under the grant include the brain, specifically chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), concussion management and treatment, and the understanding of the relationship between traumatic brain injury and late-life neurodegenerative disorders, especially Alzheimer's disease.

 

PFT: Seau's family considers donating brain for study

Junior Seau

Researchers in Boston want to study the brain of the late Junior Seau for evidence of Chronic Traumatic Encephelopathy. Seau’s family may decide to allow it.

 

Tangles found in NFL player's brain

Tangles found in NFL player's brain

His was a suicide with a macabre twist. In February, former Chicago Bears safety David Duerson shot himself in the chest, but not before leaving behind a note requesting his brain be studied for evidence of a disease striking football players.

 

Duerson's kin donating his brain for research

Duerson's kin donating his brain for research

The family of former Bears safety Dave Duerson has agreed to donate his brain for research into chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a condition linked to athletes who have sustained repeated concussions....

 

Ex-chair of NFL brain panel denies link to disease

Former NFL player Kyle Turley told members of Congress on Monday that while he still had a severe headache, the St. Louis Rams cleared him for full-contact drills four days after a concussion seven years ago.

 

Dead athletes' brains show stunning damage

Dead athletes' brains show stunning damage

For years after his NFL career ended, Ted Johnson could barely muster the energy to leave his house.

 

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