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Brain of NYC mass shooter Shane Tamura to be studied for CTE: Medical Examiner
Shane Tamura — who fatally shot four people at a Midtown East office building — said in a suicide note he believed he ...
Mass shooter said ‘Football gave me CTE.’ Are youth athletes at risk?
After killing four and taking his own life, Shane Tamura — a former football player at two L.A.-area high schools — left ...
What is CTE, the brain condition referenced by Midtown Manhattan shooter Shane Tamura?
The gunman in the deadly Midtown Manhattan shooting, Shane Tamura, wrote about the brain disease CTE in a note obtained by ...
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CTE risk higher in youth football
Young athletes (ages 6–14) in tackle football experience vastly more head impacts — up to 15 times more — and 23 times more ...
The Dangerous Logic of CTE Self-Diagnosis
The Midtown Manhattan shooter speculated that the condition was a cause of his mental illness. But drawing that conclusion is ...
The years-long history between CTE and the NFL
The midtown Manhattan shooter left a suicide note, asking for his brain to be studied, as he wondered whether Chronic ...
Experts say no 'instant answer' as to whether gunman had CTE
Brain experts said it could take weeks to learn whether Shane Tamura, the gunman who killed four people in Manhattan, had CTE ...
NFL HQ Shooting Highlights Football's CTE Problem
In a 2023 study, Boston University CTE Center found that 345 out of the 376 former NFL players investigated had CTE, a brain ...