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A study of former NFL players who died from 2008 to 2023 estimates that 74.5% had CTE, accounting for bias in brain donations because the disease can be diagnosed only after death.

A new study suggests that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was present in the brains of roughly 75 percent of NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023.

Even after accounting for brain donation bias, researchers find nearly 75% of former NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023 likely had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

A new study from Boston University looks at the rate of the brain disease CTE in former NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023.