An Alarming New Study About Brain Injuries in Football, and How States Are Paying Millions for Rain

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  From the New York Times, it's the headlines.

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  I'm Tracy Mumford.

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  Today's Tuesday, August 25th.

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  Here's what we're covering.

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  A new study about head injuries in football has revealed a staggering statistic.

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  At least one in four NFL players gets the brain disease known as CTE.

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  The new research, published this morning in the journal The BMJ,

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  was based on examinations of the brains of hundreds of players.

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  CTE is caused by repeated hits to the head, and symptoms can include mood swings, erratic behavior, and memory loss.

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  It's hard to remember what I did yesterday.

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  I can't even tell you what I ate for dinner last night.

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  For years, players and their family members have been sounding the alarm about the condition.

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  He was getting increasingly paranoid.

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  He was having increasing difficulties with his memory.

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  Especially amid a series of suicides by players.

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  He told me he loved me very much.

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