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After killing four and taking his own life, Shane Tamura — a former football player at two L.A.-area high schools — left ...
A 2017 study found that more than 87% of football players tested across all levels — high school, college, and pros — tested ...
The progressive brain disease can be caused by repeated trauma to the head and has caused serious health problems for ...
A deadly Manhattan office shooting by former high school football player Shane Tamura has renewed attention on how head ...
CTE is defined as a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes brain damage similar to what’s seen in patients with ...
In a 2023 study, Boston University CTE Center found that 345 out of the 376 former NFL players investigated had CTE, a brain ...
Young athletes (ages 6–14) in tackle football experience vastly more head impacts — up to 15 times more — and 23 times more ...
The Midtown Manhattan shooter speculated that the condition was a cause of his mental illness. But drawing that conclusion is ...
The man who killed four people in the New York City skyscraper that is home to NFL headquarters carried a note blaming the ...
The NYC mass shooter blamed football for his actions. But Dr. Bennet Omalu, the man who discovered CTE, says that excuse ...
Shane Tamura, the 27-year-old gunman who fatally shot 36-year-old New York City police officer Didarul Islam and several ...
Researchers have diagnosed many former football players with CTE since 2005. It can only be diagnosed through a brain autopsy ...