A new study is offering clearer insight into how chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked ...

As fears over CTE grow, helmet makers are rethinking how much protection is too much. One startup says lighter could actually be safer.

A Boston University study has tied advanced chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) to sharply elevated dementia risk.

The study also quiets claims from some sports-affiliated medical groups that CTE lacks clear clinical symptoms. The data showed that while low-stage CTE might not always cause noticeable impairment, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Ann McKee, director Boston University's center for research into the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic ...

Higher levels of inflammation are associated with damage in the brain’s white matter, according to a study of former college and professional football players published Feb. 25 in the journal ...

The brain of the man accused of killing four people at a New York City skyscraper on Monday will be studied to determine if had the progressive brain disease known as chronic traumatic chronic ...

A man who opened fire inside a Manhattan office building and fatally shot four people left a note referencing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease linked to head trauma, ...

A gunman who killed four people in Midtown Manhattan on Monday night had a documented history of mental health issues, and wrote that he believed he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a ...

The 27-year-old Las Vegas man who walked into the NFL headquarters Park Avenue building with a rifle and opened fire, linking football to his mental illness as he killed four people before turning the ...

BOSTON (AP) — The degenerative brain disease that has besieged the National Football League for two decades with a billion-dollar lawsuit, congressional hearings, an A-list movie and an unrelenting ...