Young Amateur Athletes at Risk of CTE, BU Study Finds
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More than 40 percent of football, soccer, ice hockey, and other contact sport participants under age 30 had signs of the degenerative brain disease, including the first American woman soccer player to be diagnosed
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Even young athletes are at risk for CTE - Futurity
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Largest study of brains of athletes younger than 30 finds early signs of CTE even in amateur players
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