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NFL Players Live Longer But Risk Brain Disease | Salt Lake City News
New research tracking nearly 20,000 former NFL players reveals a chilling truth: they’re up to four times more likely to die from brain diseases like dementia and Parkinson’s—yet they’re also living longer overall, with fewer deaths from cancer or heart disease. The culprit? Repeated head trauma from years of play, which directly links to neurodegenerative decline. Even with physical toughness paying off elsewhere, the brain takes a devastating toll. This is the clearest evidence yet that the NFL lifestyle carries a measurable, deadly cost—and it forces us to confront the true price of…
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