Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a brain disease linked to repeated hits to the head, often seen in military veterans and athletes including football players, hockey players and boxers. It ...

The man who killed four people in the New York City skyscraper that is home to NFL headquarters carried a note blaming the ...

Meiko Locksley, one of 152 athletes diagnosed with CTE before even reaching the age of 30 as part of the Boston University CTE Center’s 2023 study, never made it past college football and began ...

“CTE is linked to repetitive brain trauma and has a distinct pathology that can only be diagnosed at autopsy,” says Dr. Ross Zafonte, a principal investigator of the Football Players Health Study at ...

To date, nearly 350 former NFL players have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after their death.

The NYC shooting suspect claimed to suffer from CTE, a brain disease that's linked to head injury, and sought to target the ...

CTE is defined as a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes brain damage similar to what’s seen in patients with ...

Right now, CTE can only be confirmed through a brain autopsy. But researchers are working on ways to identify the disease in living patients. A 2024 study brought us a step closer.

A degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions and other head trauma common in military combat and contact sports, CTE has been diagnosed in more than 100 former NFL players and ...

The brain disease has most commonly been found in athletes in contact sports and others with a history of repeated brain ...

CTE research sheds light on patients' first symptoms Brain scientists are reporting new clues on how the disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) attacks the brains of athletes and combat ...

A new study revealed that 34 professional football players had CTE. Dec. 3, 2012— -- On the heels of the latest NFL suicide, researchers announced today that 34 NFL players whose brain were ...