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

Dozens of widows and other caregivers for former NFL players diagnosed with CTE say a published study is insulting and dismissive of their experience living with the degenerative brain disease.

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 ...

NFL News: A recent study suggesting media hype influences caregivers' beliefs about CTE in ex-NFL players has sparked outrage. Widows, including Dr. Eleanor Per ...

The Boston University CTE Center studied the brains of 376 deceased former NFL players and diagnosed 345 of them with chronic traumatic encephalopathy. This is 91.7 percent of those studied.