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Photo: Philadelphia Eagles' C.J. Gardner-Johnson catches a pass during practice at the NFL football team's training facility, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, in Philadelphia. A Black man wearing a dark green and white Eagles' football uniform and helmet catches a football in his hands.
CTE

BU Finds CTE in Nearly 92 Percent of Ex-NFL Players Studied

February 7, 2023
Photo: General wide-shot view of Al Thumama stadium ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on November 14, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. A large football stadium is shown. The top of the dome is open to a sunny day as the field and stands are seen below that.
World Cup

Should You Watch the 2022 FIFA World Cup despite Host Qatar’s “Serious Human Rights Problems”?

November 15, 2022
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CTE in Sports

8 Major Findings and Headlines from BU CTE Researchers in the Past Year

May 24, 2022
CTE & Sleep Disorder

CTE, Contact Sports Play Linked to REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

September 16, 2020
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CTE and Alzheimer's Disease

We Know Repeated Head Hits Contribute to CTE—but What about Alzheimer’s Disease?

April 29, 2020
Kat j. McAlpine interviews Ann McKee in her research lab about CTE
CTE & Football

What Does Football Do to the Brain?

January 30, 2020
The first direct visual evidence of the supermassive black hole in the center of Messier 87 (M87) and its shadow. The shadow of the black hole seen here is the closest we can come to an image of the black hole itself, a completely dark object from which light cannot escape
Research that Rocks

12 Breakthroughs That Wowed Us in 2019

December 19, 2019
Patriots player Rob 'Gronk' Gronkowski gets tackled during a game against the Seattle Seahawks.
CTE

CTE Risk More Than Doubles after Just Three Years of Playing Football

October 7, 2019
DEMENTIA IN CTE

Five New Answers about the Link between Football, CTE, and Dementia

August 5, 2019
US midfielder Michelle Akers and Brazil's Grazielle lie injured after going up for a header at the Women's World Cup semi-final match between the US and Brazil 04 July, 1999.
CTE

How Does CTE Impact Women? Former Soccer Stars Join the First All-Female CTE Study at BU

July 3, 2019

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