Football And Brain Disease Summary

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The main event in the article "What a new study teaches us about football and brain disease" by Amber Partida is how most football players are ending up with brain trauma on different levels of severity. The most common disease that the players get is chronic traumatic encephalopathy(CTE). The article states, "CTE is a disease that occurs in people who have endured repeated brain trauma. Symptons of neurodenerative diseases, such as CTE, not only affects one's behavior, memory, mood, but can also promote dementia." This disease has been the reason for at least 202 deceased players. These are just the ones that have had their brain studied. Just imagine how many have trauma and never knew or still do not. Suicide is a most likely death of these

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