Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive head trauma. Here's how it ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers have found "conclusive evidence" that repetitive head impacts cause the degenerative brain disease CTE, according to a new study. Researchers from Harvard, UCLA, Michigan and ...

A brain disorder associated with chronic repeated head blows, may also have a genetic component. A new study from Boston Children’s Hospital reveals DNA damage, similar to Alzheimer’s disease in the ...

New research shows that CTE may stem from DNA damage and inflammation set in motion by blows to the head.

NEW YORK — The former high school football player who shot and killed four people in the NFL's Manhattan headquarters had "unambiguous diagnostic evidence" of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, ...

The sad diagnosis was not surprising. On Thursday, the National Institutes of Health revealed that Junior Seau, the 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker who committed suicide in May, suffered from chronic ...