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September 22, 2017

Ex-NFL Star Aaron Hernandez Had Severe CTE at Time of Suicide
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In sports news, medical investigators who examined the brain of former
New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez said the NFL star had the
most severe case of a brain injury known as CTE that researchers had
ever seen in someone so young. Hernandez hanged himself last April in a
prison cell after he was convicted of murder. CTE, which is caused by
repetitive head trauma, has been linked to memory loss, depression,
impulsivity and aggression. A recent study in The Journal of the
American Medical Association found that of 111 NFL players whose brains
were studied, 110 of them had signs of CTE.


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