<![CDATA[Football Brain (American)]]>https://www.bmj.com/content/394/bmj-2026-100418

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/us/nfl-cte-brain-disease.html

... nearly a quarter of all former NFL players who died during 2016-21 had CTE neuropathology at death ...

1 in 4 NFL players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37403989/
"Results: In 10 of 14 soccer players, CTE was the primary diagnosis. In 4 cases, other dementia types formed the primary diagnosis and CTE pathology was a concomitant finding. Remarkably, 6 of the 14 cases had no history of concussion, suggesting that frequent heading may be a risk for CTE in patients without symptomatic concussion."

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