Rachel Grashow

So our concern is that the public and kitchen table conversations around CTE are creating hopelessness in living former NFL players, and this hopelessness may discourage them from reaching out to their doctors and getting treated for conditions like sleep apnea that are causing worrisome symptoms.

Rachel Grashow is a neuroepidemiologist, and she helps lead the Harvard Football Players Health Study, which tracks thousands of former players.

Basically, you know, these conditions like sleep apnea, low testosterone, high blood pressure, depression, these are all things that commonly afflict former football players, and they can all have symptoms that we might associate with CTE, but the key difference is that these conditions are treatable.

CTE isn't yet.