Jaedan Brown has made it a mission to raise awareness of CTE, inspired by father Corwin's journey after starring for the ...

The degenerative brain disease can only be diagnosed after death. But hundreds of retired players reported symptoms linked to CTE, like depression, mood swings and suicidal thoughts.

On his 'Armchair Expert' podcast, Dax Shepard and his co-host Monica Padman said they would be willing to donate their brains to science for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) research. CTE is ...

An autopsy confirmed a 12-year NFL veteran had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, just as a brain scan four years before his death had indicated, a breakthrough researchers hope will help in their ...

It starts with a hit. Maybe a tackle in a high school football game. Maybe a blast wave during military service. The damage ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a neurodegenerative disease. ... Agreeing that there's a need for more research into CTE, concussions, and related issues, Sills says, ...

CTE has become synonymous with football and other high-impact men’s sports, but research has lagged behind for its consequences in women’s athletics.

The Boston University CTE Center and other research centers have received a $15 million NIH grant to diagnose CTE during life, as the scientists recruit former football players for the new study.

Contact sports are becoming increasingly popular in Africa, raising concern about the risk of chronic traumatic ...

The NFL, which has faced scrutiny over its handling of head trauma, will no longer contribute to the funding of a Boston University-led study on a degenerative brain disease called chronic traumatic ...

But the precise relationship between CTE and suicidal thoughts is still unclear. Research about suicide shows that a variety of factors can play a role in increasing someone's risk of suicidal ...