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How to prevent CTE on and off the football field

Late last month, a medical examiner in New York confirmed the man who shot and killed four people at a Manhattan office tower ...

Behind the race to detect — and treat — brain disease CTE before it kills

The gunman who unleashed chaos in a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper this summer is a stark reminder of how little we know about ...
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Gunman who killed 4 in skyscraper with NFL HQ had CTE, blamed league for hiding dangers of head injuries

NEW YORK — The former high school football player who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the NFL, and who blamed the league for hiding the dangers of ...

Shooter who targeted NFL headquarters diagnosed with CTE after death

The shooter, Shane Devon Tamura, 27, who played high school football, shot and killed himself after fatally shooting four people in July. The medical examiner said he had “unambiguous diagnostic ...

Midtown Manhattan mass shooting gunman had low-stage CTE, medical examiner finds

Shane Tamura, the gunman who killed four people in a deadly Midtown Manhattan shooting, had low-stage CTE, officials said ...
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NYC Shooter Shane Tamura Had CTE, Medical Examiner Says

The gunman who suspected he had CTE when he killed four people and himself in a Manhattan office building in July did in fact have the degenerative brain disease, a medical examiner said Friday. Shane ...
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Midtown mass shooter had CTE, which he cited in suicide note, medical examiners say

The gunman who killed four people in a mass shooting in Midtown in July had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disease linked to repeated head trauma, city medical examiners announced Friday.
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Repeated head trauma causes brain changes in young athletes before CTE symptoms

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a disease of the dead. Clinical features suggestive of the ...