Researchers Identify Risk of CTE for NFL Players

That would mean that for any given NFL play, the researchers said, a minimum of two of the 22 players on the field could be projected to develop the disease, which is associated with symptoms such as cognitive impairment, impulsive behavior and suicidal thoughts. "The prevalence is high under any reasonable assumptions and this is scary," said Zachary Binney, sports injury epidemiologist from Emory University in Atlanta, who co-authored the new report with Kathleen Bachynski, a sports ...

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