CTE: Why this brain disease is more common than you think

We explain Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE, a neurodegenerative brain disease found in people who have experienced repetitive hits to the head. It can affect anyone, As kids head back to school, you may want to rethink whether your child should play tackle football. “Our main objective, our overarching goal, is to help the people that are living. To be able to diagnose this disease during life,” said Ann McKee, chief of neuropathology at the VA Boston Healthcare System, which houses the world’s largest brain bank devoted to CTE research.

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