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Neurodegenerative Mortality May Be Higher in NFL Players

The largest study of former National Football League players found excess persisted even after accounting for the lower overall mortality associated with elite athletic participation.

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  • Andrea Surnit

  • July 15, 2026

  • 4 min

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    Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
    Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Key Differentiators

    • Neurology

  • #2

    Understanding Neurologic Injury and Traumatic Encephalopathy (UNITE) brain bank
    Understanding Neurologic Injury and Traumatic Encephalopathy (UNITE) brain bank

    Boston, MA

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  • #3

    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

    Bethesda, MD

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Neurodegenerative Mortality May Be Higher in NFL Players

  • by Andrea Surnit

  • July 15, 2026

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