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Mass shooter said ‘Football gave me CTE.’ Are youth athletes at risk?
After killing four and taking his own life, Shane Tamura — a former football player at two L.A.-area high schools — left ...
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CTE risk higher in youth football
Young athletes (ages 6–14) in tackle football experience vastly more head impacts — up to 15 times more — and 23 times more ...
The Dangerous Logic of CTE Self-Diagnosis
The Midtown Manhattan shooter speculated that the condition was a cause of his mental illness. But drawing that conclusion is ...
NFL HQ Shooting Highlights Football's CTE Problem
In a 2023 study, Boston University CTE Center found that 345 out of the 376 former NFL players investigated had CTE, a brain ...
CTE awareness grows as high school football evolves for safety
"The athlete is taking so many blows to their body that their head is being shook in an inappropriate way via tackling or ...
Here’s what to know about CTE, the brain disease the NYC shooter blamed for his mental health issues
The man who killed four people in the New York City skyscraper that is home to NFL headquarters carried a note blaming the ...
NYC Shooter Blamed Football and the NFL—What the Physician Who Discovered CTE Says
The NYC mass shooter blamed football for his actions. But Dr. Bennet Omalu, the man who discovered CTE, says that excuse ...
What Is CTE? The Football-Connected Brain Disease Cited by the Manhattan Shooter
CTE, caused by repeated head trauma, has prompted a reckoning at all levels of football. The gunman believed he was suffering ...
What to Know About the Brain Disease CTE
“CTE is linked to repetitive brain trauma and has a distinct pathology that can only be diagnosed at autopsy,” says Dr. Ross Zafonte, a principal investigator of the Football Players Health Study at ...
CTE has been diagnosed in former professional football and hockey players
Shane Tamura, the 27-year-old gunman who fatally shot 36-year-old New York City police officer Didarul Islam and several ...
He ‘found his place in the world’ through football. But CTE would lead to 15 years of suffering
Fifteen years after Greg left football, on the evening of May 21, 2024, The Ventura County Star published a news roundup ...
The NYC shooter said his brain was damaged by football. Here’s what we know about CTE.
Beloved actor Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were saddled with credit card debt at the time of their tragic deaths ...