NIH-supported researchers found a 56% loss of specific neurons in athletes exposed to repeated head impacts. Brain changes appeared even without the tau protein buildup typically linked to chronic ...
Repeated hits to the head in contact sports can harm the brain long before symptoms show up, according to new research reported by LiveNow from Fox. According to the Mayo Clinic, CTE, or chronic ...
Endeavor Health is part of a trial aimed at diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated head impacts, in living patients. Among those ...
The neurologic disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE has most often been found in people who experienced repeated blows to the head while playing contact sports and there’s now ...
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 YORK — The former high school football player who killed four people inside a Manhattan office tower that houses the headquarters of the NFL, and who blamed the league for hiding the dangers of ...