Over the past few years, the NFL has been haunted by the early deaths of some former players whose brains showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. CTE is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by memory loss, mood disorders, dementia and other brain-related problems. But how prevalent is CTE, and how likely are players to develop it? […]
Football’s reputation has taken some serious hits lately. The onslaught began in 2002 when forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu found signs of a neurodegenerative disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brain of former Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster after Webster’s death from suicide at age 50. Since then, signs of CTE have turned up […]
Football’s reputation has taken some serious hits lately. The onslaught began in 2002 when forensic pathologist Bennet Omalu found signs of a neurodegenerative disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brain of former Pittsburgh Steelers center Mike Webster after Webster’s death from suicide at age 50. Since then, signs of CTE have turned up […]
