All but one of 111 former pro football players had brain injury CTE in study

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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/111-pro-football-players-brain-injury-cte-study/story?id=48838098
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“Football is not a contact sport, it’s a collision sport.”

These words, spoken by legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, have taken on new meaning in the last decade after several recent studies have revealed a link between the repeated collisions for which the game is known and a progressive brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

Now, a new report from researchers at Boston University suggests that this often devastating neurological disease may be even more common to the sport than previously thought.

In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers examined the brains of 202 deceased football players –- ranging from high school to professional levels –- to look for tell-tale signs of CTE, a diagnosis that can only be made after an autopsy. A full 87 percent of these ex-players had evidence of CTE. The proportion was highest in professional players; of the 111 former NFL pros included in the study, 110 met the criteria for a CTE diagnosis.

But the study’s lead author, Dr. Ann C. McKee, said that one of the most alarming findings is that nearly one quarter of the 14 high school players in the study had CTE.

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1. Why anyone would play that game is beyond me

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2. Agreed

but the supporters have problems with ganja smokers - sometimes you have to laugh at the stupidity of humanity.

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3. I've had at least 3 sports related concussions and 3 non sports related ones

I've also got several autoimmune diseases that attack multiple organs, brain included" it's a wonder I didn't vote for trump, but I keep the few healthy brain cells happy and they keep me sane.

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4. Man you've had a rough ride

I had a dislocated collar bone when an overweight classmate fell on me during a netball game; I had childhood chickenpox and I tripped and fell and bruised my knee while walking recently. That's my entire medical history - I've been unbelievably healthy. As a teenager I used to wish for a headache just for the experience.

I know my turn is coming