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Normale Ansicht

As CTE Cases Soar, Why Can’t Americans Quit the NFL?

26. August 2026 um 10:00
A collision of American popular culture and public health is on display in the N.F.L.

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According to a new study, about 25 percent of the nearly 900 former N.F.L. players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

5 Takeaways on the Fallout From an Alarming C.T.E. Study

25. August 2026 um 20:12
At least one in four N.F.L. players, and likely a much higher percentage, had the brain disease when they died. Will anything change?

© Kristian Thacker for The New York Times

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy can be diagnosed only posthumously.

Your Child Plays Football. How Can You Minimize Risk of C.T.E.?

25. August 2026 um 10:33
Researchers say it’s all about reducing the total number of blows to the head.

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Many medical experts encourage children to play flag football rather than the full-contact version.

Many N.F.L. Players Get Brain Disease. Why Hasn’t OSHA Intervened?

25. August 2026 um 10:09
“We never see things that are this dire,” a former chief scientist of the agency said about rates of C.T.E. in former players.

© Jason Andrew for The New York Times

The former N.F.L. player Jonathan Martin entering an M.R.I. machine for a brain examination that was part of a study to develop treatments for the symptoms and illnesses linked to C.T.E.

N.F.L. Careers Scarred Their Brains. Could Mushrooms Provide Relief?

05. Februar 2026 um 10:00
Some athletes battered by concussions are desperately searching beyond conventional medicine. Researchers see potential in the brain-stimulating power of psilocybin mushrooms.

© Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

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