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OT: Study: Dave Duerson had brain damage at time of suicide

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this is why concussions have to be taken so serious in every sport, along with any hits to the head Notes from the link: Doctors at Boston University determined that former Bears Dave Duerson's brain had "classic" and "moderately advanced" symptoms of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. CTE is a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head trauma. Duerson is the 14th of 15 former NFL players studied at the VA CSTE Brain Bank to be diagnosed with CTE.