Less severe hits to the head also may contribute to CTE. People who play contact sports like football and boxing appear to be more likely to get CTE because blows to the head happen often in such ...

The NFL superstar's widow and son tell PEOPLE about the severe memory loss that led to a diagnosis, their hope of helping others with a documentary on CTE risks Charlotte Triggs is a digital ...

People with CTE can end up suicidal, depressed, erratic, aggressive and suffer from memory problems, among other cognitive issues. For the study, the researchers surveyed 1,980 ex-NFL players and ...

The average age of people diagnosed with CTE is their early 40s. Others, including military veterans who’ve had a head injury, are also vulnerable to the disease. But people who play or have ...

Sometimes "people need to be exposed to certain ideas and information multiple times to understand, you know, to learn them," Nowinski told ESPN recently. What we've learned about CTE and its ...

Led by the Boston University CTE Center, researchers are looking to recruit 350 men aged 50 and older — including 225 former college and professional football players, 75 control participants and 50 ...

People who develop CTE often have a history of playing sports professionally, according to Cleveland Clinic. Boxers and football players have the highest number of confirmed cases of CTE ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive brain disease often associated with contact sports like boxing, MMA, or football, where athletes encounter repeated head trauma. People with ...

People who have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) who have a family history of mental illness may have a higher risk of aggression in middle age, according to a new study. People who have ...

What is CTE, and who’s getting it? CTE is a degenerative disease affecting people with repeated head injuries, according to the CTE Center. While it’s found in contact sport players ...

"That suggests we're going to have more people with CTE in the brain bank than we would in the generation population," he said. "That being said, when you're finding it in just about all of the ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated traumatic brain injuries. About 17% ...