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Exam Shows Late NHLer Ewen Did Not Have CTE, Raising Questions About Disease

Researchers in Toronto yesterday announced that late NHLer Todd Ewen "did not have CTE, upending presumptions about the disease and raising more questions about why some athletes get it and others do not, even those displaying some of CTE’s classic symptoms," according to John Branch of the N.Y. TIMES. While concern over CTE has "grown exponentially in recent years, especially among football players, vexing questions persist." Researchers "do not know why one athlete might not show any signs of CTE while the brain of another with a similar career and injury history displays extensive damage." Ewen's widow, Kelli, in a statement said, "We were very surprised by the results, as we were sure Todd must have had CTE" (N.Y. TIMES, 2/11). TSN.ca's Rick Westhead noted Ewen, who died last September "reportedly of a self-inflicted gunshot, was the seventh former NHL fighter to die in the previous five years." The brains of three of them -- Bob Probert, Derek Boogaard and Steve Montador -- all "showed signs" of CTE. The Canadian Concussion Centre in a release said that although Ewen "suffered from memory loss, chronic body pain, diabetes and depression prior to his death, his brain showed no sign of any neurodegenerative disease." Neuropathologist Lili-Naz Hazrati said that the fact that there was no CTE "should not be used to disavow a link between concussions and the disease" (TSN.ca, 2/10).

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