From the N.F.L. to youth sports, what new research tells us about brain injuries
We know football players take some big hits.
Now, new research is giving us a clearer picture of how repeated head impacts can affect the brain, including findings of C.T.E. – a degenerative brain disease – in 215 of 878 former N.F.L. players whose brains were studied.
But the risks aren’t limited to professional football. Young athletes in many sports can suffer concussions and other head injuries, too.
This hour, we talk with a neurologist, a brain injury specialist, and a high school athletic director about what we know about C.T.E., how schools are approaching head…
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