Are CTE headlines overblown? A radiologist investigates.
A study published in JAMA looking at the brains of former football players donated to a brain bank, a highly selective sample, found signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a degenerative neurological disease — in nearly all deceased players examined.
The mainstream media converged towards numerical consensus.
- Fox News reported players in a study had CTE.”
- CNN reframed the headline, “CTE found …
