Nearly all of the evidence to date linking sports concussions to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and other types of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease has come from case reports, fueling ...

Head coach Larry Fedora of North Carolina is under fire for doubting a link between football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy at Wednesday’s ACC Kickoff event. Fedora said he believes some people ...

Former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler, who died in 2015 from complications resulting from colon cancer, also suffered from the effects of the degenerative disease chronic traumatic ...

OJ Simpson is a former NFL player who committed crimes and exhibited erratic behavior, so naturally many have wondered if the Hall of Fame running back suffered from CTE. It does not sound like we are ...

Another CTE study is exposing the dangers of repetitive head impacts for athletes. The largest study ever of CTE in dead hockey players found that the odds of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A note found on the man who opened fire at a New York City building is raising serious questions about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease often linked to ...

But CTE researchers and families of those affected by the disease say that the agenda, the guest list — and even the name — belie a desire to only give the appearance of confronting brain injuries, ...

Survey data reported that about a third of former NFL players believed they had CTE. Men with perceived CTE were twice as likely to report suicidality. Those with perceived CTE also were likely to ...