Based on an NFL model of brain trauma, researchers delivered a mild impact to the heads of awake, 9-month-old female rats ...

Twenty years ago, pathologist Bennet Omalu and researchers at the University of Pittsburgh published the first paper identifying a new disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the brain of ...

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Bobby Hull, the former NHL legend with the Chicago Blackhawks, is part of an unfortunate trend being exposed in hockey with regards to CTE.

It also found the odds of developing CTE increased by 34 per cent for each year of hockey played. A degenerative brain disease, CTE has been identified in athletes and military combat veterans ...

CBS Pittsburgh weather forecaster Jon Burnett died from complications of CTE, Dr. Joseph Malone, a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cognitive Neurologist, said. The beloved KDKA broadcaster and ...

CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) is a degenerative brain disease that has been identified in athletes and military combat veterans who sustained concussions or repeated blows to the head.

A degenerative brain disease, CTE has been identified in athletes and military combat veterans who sustained concussions or repeated blows to the head.

Rugby players in particular are at risk of incurring severe brain injuries – with experts believing that many thousands of retired players face developing serious conditions including dementia, ...

or CTE, the brain-withering disease linked to repetitive brain trauma in contact sports, a researcher and Hull’s family announced Wednesday morning. The Boston-based Concussion Legacy Foundation ...