A new Boston University CTE Center brain bank study has found that more than 40% of contact and collision sport athletes who died young had CTE. The BU Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center ...

Share on Pinterest Athletes who develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) from playing contact sports may have a high risk of developing Parkinsonism. Alexey Kuzma/Stocksy Playing contact sports ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, better known as CTE, is back in the news after a former high school ...

A new study suggests that a brain disease caused by repeated blows to the head and concussions — most notably found in hundreds of former NFL players — is rare in service members. Chronic traumatic ...

A new National Institutes of Health study published on Monday found that 41% of athletes who played contact sports and died before age 30 had a degenerative brain disorder associated with head trauma.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The thought has always been the more concussions an athlete suffered, the more likely they would be diagnosed with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, better known as CTE. Now, a ...

The brain of the man accused of killing four people at a New York City skyscraper on Monday will be studied to determine if had the progressive brain disease known as chronic traumatic chronic ...

The largest-ever study of CTE has found a new link between playing contact sports, CTE, and developing Parkinson’s disease-like symptoms. The Boston University study of 481 dead athletes reveals that ...

A new study indicates that kids who play contact football before age 12 may suffer problems like Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) years earlier than other kids do. The research, from Boston ...

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