The family of Conrad Dobler, once regarded as the dirtiest player in the NFL, said he had CTE based on a study of his brain ...

Erich Grau helped pioneer American football in Germany. Now he probably suffers from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. The neurodegenerative condition is linked to repeated blows to the head.

Severe TBI can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and post-traumatic dementia (PTD), further impairing cognitive and motor functions. These slowly damage parts of the brain and may impact ...

Abdominal pain is considered chronic if it lasts for more than three months. The pain may be constant or it can come and go over the three-month period or longer. There are many health conditions, ...

Children with traumatic experiences in their early lives have a higher risk of obesity. But as our new research shows, this risk can be reduced through positive experiences. We found children from ...

Ladan Hashemi receives funding from the New Zealand Ministry of Social Development and the UK Prevention Research Partnership grant (MR-VO49879/1). University of Auckland provides funding as a ...

After developing chronic pain, I started looking into what scientists do — and still don’t — understand about the disease. Here is what I learned. By Jennifer Kahn Most of us don’t think ...

I think we’re past the point where I have to explain that chronic pain is not the result of imbalanced humors or a wandering uterus or possession by demons. But for more modern skeptics ...

When we hear the word "hepatitis," we tend to associate it with cirrhosis and other disorders affecting the liver. But it's not always the case. As with other persistent, chronic infections, hepatitis ...

2024 marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of the Glasgow Coma Scale, an assessment score that was developed initially for traumatic brain injury but that is now used widely in clinical ...

Friendship is more about feelings you can express with kind gestures and words. With some alluring quotes about friends and memories, you can seamlessly capture the essence of your heart-to-heart ...