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Playing Football Under Friday Night Lights Might Come at a Deadly Cost — CTE Study gives credence to New York City mass shooter’s claim that high school football damaged his brain. Surveillance ...

CTE stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease found in athletes, first responders, members of the military and other people who have had a history of repetitive head impacts ...

CTE has been linked to concussions in contact sports and has been diagnosed in more than 100 former NFL players.

Shane Tamura, who police said shot and killed four people in Manhattan, claims he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Chris Nowinski, co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, about the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive brain condition believed to be linked to repeated head injuries or blows to the head. Over time, it can lead to dementia, although with the ...

CTE is rare and not completely understood by doctors, and there is no way to diagnose the disease in a living person – doctors can only confirm the disease in an autopsy after death.

Shane Tamura, the 27-year-old shooter who fatally shot himself, was a former standout high school football player who claimed he suffered from CTE, the brain disease that has been found to be ...

Shane Tamura is suspected of shooting four people in Midtown Manhattan, where the NFL offices are. A note he left references the NFL and CTE.

According to the Mayo Clinic, CTE — or chronic traumatic encephalopathy — is a brain disease most likely caused by repeated head injuries that damage the brain's nerve cells.

N.Y.C. Shooter, Who Played High School Football, Slammed NFL in Suicide Note and Said He Had Brain Disease CTE "Study my brain," the note also read, police confirmed to PEOPLE ...