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A new study has diagnosed the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in more than 40% of youth, high school and college athletes — primarily football players — who were exposed to repetitive head impacts from contact sports and died before age 30.

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NEW YORK :A gunman who opened fire in a Midtown Manhattan office building on Monday believed he suffered a brain injury that he blamed on the National Football League, New York's mayor said, thrusting the issue of chronic traumatic encephalopathy back into headlines this week.

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NHL great Bobby Hull had degenerative brain disease CTE when he died 2 years ago

Bobby Hull, the Hall of Fame forward and two-time NHL MVP who helped Chicago win the Stanley Cup in 1961, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died two years ago, his widow said in a statement released on Wednesday.

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Hall of Famer Bobby Hull had CTE, researchers find - ESPN

CHICAGO — Bobby Hull, the Hall of Fame forward and two-time NHL MVP who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died two years ago, his widow said in a statement released Wednesday.

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Former NHL player's family says he had CTE when he died by suicide

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Former NFL cornerback Irv Cross posthumously diagnosed with ‘most severe type’ of CTE, researchers say

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Former NFL star wide receiver Demaryius Thomas had CTE when he died, parents say

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Boston University researchers say late NFL star wide receiver Demaryius Thomas suffered from degenerative brain disease CTE

Demaryius Thomas had the degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE, which is linked to repeated blows to the head, according to an announcement Tuesday by doctors from Boston University who had been studying the former NFL star's brain.

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