Brain disease in dead NFL players 'higher than previously shown'
A new study says at least one in four ex-NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had a degenerative brain disease but the true figure could be much higher.
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"We and others have shown that in NFL players, specifically, there is about a four times higher rate of death from neurodegenerative disease than the general population."
— Daniel Daneshvar , Academic
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A new study says at least one in four ex-NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had a degenerative brain disease but the true figure could be much higher.
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