Study Finds Similar Brain Damage in Soldiers, Athletes

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What do athletes and military veterans have in common? Blasts from explosions may put soldiers at risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the same degenerative brain disease suffered by athletes after multiple concussions or head impacts. A study conducted by Boston University in conjunction with the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System examined the brain tissue of young veterans, comparing it to those of young athletes exhibiting signs of CTE, and found nearly identical abnormalities.

"It's very distinctive," study co-author Dr. Lee Goldstein of Boston University said in a press release. "You don't see this in normal individuals."

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