About a year later, researchers at Boston University diagnosed him with stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE, caused by playing tackle football for several years. “He shot ...

The degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, commonly known as CTE, was found in more than 40% of athletes who died before 30, a study out Monday showed, illustrating the ...

One-third of former professional football players reported in a new survey that they believe they have the degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. The ...

Researchers at Boston University announced Monday that they found signs of CTE in almost 92% of former NFL players they studied. In total, CTE was detected in 345 of 376 former players whose ...

Roughly one-third of former professional football players surveyed believe they have CTE, a study found. The brain disease — which is linked to repeated hits to the head — can be officially ...

A new study has diagnosed the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in more than 40% of youth, high school and college athletes -- primarily football players -- who ...

The players interviewed believed they suffered specifically from chronic traumatic encephalopathy — CTE — which is linked to football players and athletes with repetitive brain trauma.

The DIAGNOSE CTE Research Project-II will recruit 350 men aged 50 and older, including 225 former college and professional football players, 75 control participants and 50 people with Alzheimer's ...

Now, a new study from researchers at Boston University is the largest yet to establish a relationship between an athlete's odds of developing CTE and the length of their career in ice hockey ...

Another CTE study is exposing the dangers of repetitive head impacts for athletes. The largest study ever of CTE in dead hockey players found that the odds of having chronic traumatic ...

A new Boston University study found that hockey players increase their risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, with each year they play. The BU CTE Center studied 77 brains from males ...