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 ...

The progressive brain disease can be caused by repeated trauma to the head and has caused serious health problems for ...

CTE cannot be diagnosed until the patient has died and their brain examined. But doctors said there are symptoms such as changes in cognition, mood and behavior. The American Brain Foundation said ...

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

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

“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 ...

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.

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

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 ...

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