CTE stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy. It's a brain disease caused by repeated head injuries that may include concussions. It mostly happens in athletes who play contact sports like ...

The Boston University CTE Center study of 77 dead male ice hockey players showed that the risk for the brain disease jumped by 34% with each year played.

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 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.

A new study has found more than 40% of athletes who played contact sports and died before turning 30 showed symptoms of the degenerative brain disease CTE. In the largest case series to date on ...

In Wyatt’s brain, researchers discovered the first case of stage 2 CTE to be diagnosed in a high school football player, according to Dr. Ann McKee, director of the Boston University CTE Center ...

NFL widows struggled to care for ex-players with CTE. They say a new study minimizes their pain The pushback was led by Dr. Eleanor Perfetto, herself a medical researcher and the widow of former ...

Local News BU study indicates CTE risk is linked to years of hockey played, not just to being an enforcer The BU CTE Center studied 77 male brains who were amateurs and professional ice hockey ...

Surprising Fact. Researchers discovered the first American woman soccer player, a 28-year-old, to be diagnosed with CTE, in Monday’s study. The finding comes a month after Heather Anderson, a ...

The family of late Tennessee Titans legend Frank Wycheck announced the tight end tested positive for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) stage III. Wycheck died at 52 after falling at his home ...

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 ...

Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell debated what they thought the degenerative disease CTE actually was in a podcast episode Monday and questioned whether either of them had it.