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Here’s what we know about CTE, the brain condition that affected Danny Frawley

09/04/2020

News emerged this week former AFL footballer Danny Frawley was suffering from a brain disease called CTE when he died last year, according to reports received by the Victorian Coroner. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, refers to changes in the brain that have been linked to repeated blows to the head, sometimes seen in former players of sports such as […]

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Some People May Have Increased CTE Risk Because Of Their Genes

11/04/2018

Researchers who study chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, have long wondered why some people are hit harder by the degenerative brain disease. CTE is currently diagnosed only after death but the condition is associated with repeated hits to the head, often experienced by contact sports athletes. CTE has afflicted some of the world’s popular athletes, which include football player Aaron […]

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