Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive head trauma. Here's how it ...

Families of deceased NFL players pushed an appeals court to reverse a federal court's decision that they must dig up and ...

Frank Wycheck was right: his brain had been ravaged by football. Researchers at Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center have determined that the onetime NFL star and Northeast ...

After his career was cut short by a series of devastating injuries, PJ Marsh has emerged as a strong advocate for mandatory ...

World-renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu believes OJ Simpson suffers from CTE. The film "Concussion" was inspired by his discovery of CTE in NFL players. More from Science World ...

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Concussions aren't only suffered by football players, and CTE (which only can be diagnosed after death) isn't unique to the sport, either. But high-profile tragedies such the suicide of Pro ...

Hundreds of players have been posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE ... related illnesses after suffering on-field concussions. However, a recent investigation ...

but she was convinced researchers wouldn't find any evidence of CTE in her husband's brain. "I said: 'You're not going to find what you're looking for 'cause Tom didn't have concussions that I ...

They had no answers. ... Lisa McHale She was shocked when her husband, who had never had a concussion, was diagnosed with CTE. McHale’s husband Tom, a former Tampa Bay Buccaneers lineman ...

Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is joining the ranks of NFL players and other athletes donating their brains to concussion and CTE research following his death. NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Dale Earnhardt ...

Robert Charles Waite, 67, was originally charged with aggravated assault and two counts of assaulting a peace officer. Waite pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of assaulting a peace officer causing ...