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What it’s like to live with – and lose – a loved one with CTE

By Dana O'Neil, CNN (CNN) — Maura Horton read the latest stories, the ones detailing the startling research that as many as one in four NFL players could end up with CTE, and she knew what would happen next. People would talk about chronic traumatic encephalopathy that day and for a few days after.

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By Dana O'Neil, CNN (CNN) — Maura Horton read the latest stories, the ones detailing the startling research that as many as one in four NFL players could end up with CTE, and she knew what would happen next.

People would talk about chronic traumatic encephalopathy that day and for a few days after.

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By Dana O'Neil, CNN (CNN) — Maura Horton read the latest stories, the ones detailing the startling research that as many as one in four NFL players could end up with CTE, and she knew what would happen next. People would talk about chronic traumatic encephalopathy that day and for a few days after.

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