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NFL Players' Alzheimer's Risk Skyrockets

Or at least it looks that way; it might be CTE

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 6, 2012 9:45 AM CDT

(Newser) – This is going to shock you, but it turns out that repeatedly bashing your head playing football makes you more likely to develop mental problems—a lot more. Ex-NFL players are four times as likely to die of Alzheimer's or ALS (Lou Gehrig's...   Read full story »

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