Scientists have identified a blood biomarker that could enable the diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in living ...

Scientists stumbled onto a hint that measuring a toxic protein tied to Alzheimer's disease just might one day be useful in ...

The researchers also estimate that around one in four of the former football players had dementia, a common feature of late-stage CTE ...

Scientists are optimistic of a breakthrough in diagnosing the degenerative brain condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy that is especially prevalent in American football, rugby and football ...

Nearly 75% of NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023 had CTE, a new study out of Boston University finds.

Even after accounting for brain donation bias, researchers find nearly 75% of former NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023 likely had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

A new study from Boston University looks at the rate of the brain disease CTE in former NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023.

Terrell Davis thinks more athletes should be open and honest about their health. In recent years, the former football player, 54 — who played in the NFL as a running back for the Denver Broncos from ...

At least 1 in 4 former NFL players who died in recent years had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head impacts, according to the largest-ever study to ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a brain disease linked to repeated hits to the head, often seen in military veterans and athletes. A gunman who killed four people in Midtown Manhattan on ...

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PHOENIX — Matt Hasselbeck took some nasty hits to the head during his 17-year NFL career, four years at Boston College and a childhood full of sports, but the quarterback seems to have emerged from ...