From The NY Times: “Two studies published on Wednesday raise concerns about the consequences of repeated minor head impacts in athletes. The findings suggest that damage to the brain can occur well before, or independent of, a diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E.”
Jonathan Cherry, asst. professor, pathology and laboratory medicine, Boston University Chobanion and Advedisian School of Medicine, who led the research on one of the two studies cited, explained:
“You think about American football, two guys on each side of the line running into each other during a play. That’s not considered a T.B.I., so to speak, because it happens hundreds of times a game, but it’s still really debilitating.”
Dr. Cherry added:
“I think a lot of people believe C.T.E. is black or white, you have it or you don’t have it. We think it’s more of a spectrum.”
And he pointed out:
“When we talk about risk factors, the greatest one for C.T.E. is years of playing a sport, years of exposure.”
New York Times, 9/17/25
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