Nearly all of the evidence to date linking sports concussions to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and other types of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease has come from case reports, fueling ...

OJ Simpson is a former NFL player who committed crimes and exhibited erratic behavior, so naturally many have wondered if the Hall of Fame running back suffered from CTE. It does not sound like we are ...

Former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler, who died in 2015 from complications resulting from colon cancer, also suffered from the effects of the degenerative disease chronic traumatic ...

The neurologic disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE has most often been found in people who experienced repeated blows to the head while playing contact sports and there’s now ...

A new BU CTE “groundbreaking” study could be a game changer for safety in contact sports, according to researchers who found that repetitive hits to the head leads to brain damage in young people ...

The largest study to date of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in young athletes shows that 41% had the neurodegenerative disease, caused by repetitive head impacts (RHIs). Analysis of brain ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A note found on the man who opened fire at a New York City building is raising serious questions about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease often linked to ...

Far from the bright lights of the football field, former NFL players are asking themselves a chilling question: are they suffering from CTE? One such infamous case of CTE is Aaron Hernandez, the ...

Emeka Egbuka was the victim of a fake viral post.

Patients with advanced chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease likely caused by repeated head injuries, were more than four times as likely to develop dementia compared to those ...