CNN (8/28, Musa) reports, “A new study from Boston University’s CTE Center has discovered more than 60 cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE, in athletes who were under the age of 30 at the time of their death.” Additionally, the study “includes what researchers believe to be the first case of an American female athlete diagnosed with the disease.”
MedPage Today (8/28, George) reports, “Brain pathologies including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease, were identified in young deceased athletes, autopsy data” from “152 contact sports players under age 30 at the time of death” revealed. The study revealed that “CTE was diagnosed in 41.4%,” and “the mean age at death for players with evidence of autopsy-confirmed CTE was 25.” The findings were published online in JAMA Neurology.
MedPage Today (8/28, George) reports, “Brain pathologies including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease, were identified in young deceased athletes, autopsy data” from “152 contact sports players under age 30 at the time of death” revealed. The study revealed that “CTE was diagnosed in 41.4%,” and “the mean age at death for players with evidence of autopsy-confirmed CTE was 25.” The findings were published online in JAMA Neurology.
