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Repetitive Head Impacts

Inflammation may play a key role in brain changes in former football players

February 25, 2026

New research points toward inflammation’s role in brain changes among people who experience repetitive head impacts.

Football players in helmets and pads crouch at the line of scrimmage during practice, with one player reaching to snap the ball as sunlight falls across the field.