What's the Deal with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?

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• Episode: What's the Deal with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?
• Website: Stuff You Should Know
• Feed URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-should-know.rss
• Duration: 00:44:06
• Published: 2016-11-17 09:00

Concussions are bad enough for football players, but research has found all of those smaller hits can add up to massive brain trauma later in life too, leading to a condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a condition the NFL sought to cover up.