About 34% football players believe they have a degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and of those players, 25% reported having suicidal thoughts, according to a new report published in the medical journal JAMA Neurology.

A Harvard study of almost 2,000 former National Football League players revealed that about one-third believe they have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disorder linked to repeated head impacts.

One-third of former NFL players believe they suffer a condition resulting from repeated head trauma, according to a survey conducted by Harvard University and published on Monday by JAMA Neurology. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy,

A third of former football players who played between 1960 and 2020 say they believe they have chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a new study. Dr. Rachel Grashow, director of epidemiological research initiatives with the Football Players Health Study at Harvard University,