The Boston University CTE Center studied the brains of 376 deceased former NFL players and diagnosed 345 of them with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. This is 91.7 percent of those studied.

Former players diagnosed with CTE in the last year include Philadelphia ... and paranoia in the years leading up to his death in 2022. The NFL has continued to adjust its concussion protocols ...

CTE is characterized by the death of nerve cells in the brain ... the league’s role and responsibility in its players’ risk of CTE. The NFL in 2016 acknowledged a link between football ...

A 2017 study by Boston University studied the brains of 202 deceased football players; nearly all showed signs of CTE. Wycheck played 11 NFL seasons for Washington and the Houston/Tennessee ...

Because CTE can only be diagnosed with a brain autopsy after death, questions about ... known as the Football Players Health Study, is funded in part by the NFL Players' Association.

A landmark 2017 study by Boston University researchers found that the brains of 110 of 111 deceased NFL players they examined showed signs of CTE. These brains were likely donated by families of ...

Boston University CTE Center director Ann McKee said they intentionally updated the study, which used the brains of 376 deceased NFL players, during the same week as Super Bowl LVII. Boston ...

One of the challenges the NFL faces when dealing with CTE is that there is no definitive ... untreated and can sometimes factor into a player's death at a young age. Hall of Fame linebacker ...

Researchers at Boston University announced Monday that they found signs of CTE in almost 92% of former NFL players they studied. In total, CTE was detected in 345 of 376 former players whose ...

The degenerative brain disease can only be diagnosed after death. But hundreds of retired players reported symptoms linked to CTE, like... A third of former NFL players surveyed believe they have ...