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An August 2026 BMJ study found that at least one in four former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Researchers believe the true prevalence could vary substantially because only a small, self-selected fraction of former players underwent postmortem examination.

This alarming finding follows a........

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