{
  "id": 3519727,
  "title": "The NFL and Brain Injury",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/the-nfl-and-brain-injury",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-26T13:24:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Science-Based Medicine",
    "slug": "science-based-medicine",
    "url": "http://sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-nfl-and-brain-injury/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Last week I wrote about traumatic brain injury (TBI). By coincidence, the BMJ just published a study looking at a type of TBI called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated head injuries over a long period of time, even those not severe enough to cause an acute TBI. They were looking specifically at former NFL football players, because that […] The post The NFL and…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}