CTE has been linked to repetitive head impacts that often occur during contact sports such as football, soccer and hockey.
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A new study estimates about 3 in 4 former National Football League players who died between 2008 and 2023 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy — an even higher level than identified in another recent study of former players.

The new study, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Network Open, aimed to provide a clearer view of how many former football players have the progressive neurodegenerative disease.