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Latest studies: Brain disease from contact sports more common

  • Mar 16, 2016

NFL acknowledges, for first time, link between football, brain disease

  • Mar 15, 2016

Kevin Turner, lead NFL concussion suit plaintiff, had CTE

Former NFL fullback Kevin Turner, who was the lead plaintiff in a concussion lawsuit against the league, developed CTE, researchers say.

  • Nov 3, 2016

Doctor: 'No question' that NFL great Ken Stabler had CTE

  • Feb 3, 2016

NFL health officials confronted NIH about researcher selection

  • Jan 21, 2016

Congressional reps: Can NFL veto funding NIH brain research?

  • Jan 8, 2016

NFL backs away from funding BU brain study; NIH to fund it instead

  • Dec 22, 2015

NBA union hires neurologists to examine league's concussion protocol

  • Jun 2, 2015

Study cites youth football for issues

  • Jan 28, 2015

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Mosi Tatupu suffered from CTE

Former New England Patriots running back Mosi Tatupu, who died of a heart attack in 2010 at the age of 54, suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease that has been linked to football-related head trauma.

  • Jan 28, 2015
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