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What is CTE?
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 ...
Key words included CTE, dementia pugilistica, punch drunk syndrome, traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, repetitive head injury, sports concussion, multiple concussions, chronic concussions, subconcussive ...
CTE can occur after repeated head injuries, such as concussions or blows to the head, according to the Mayo Clinic. A 2017 study conducted by the Boston University CTE Center concluded that the ...
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 ...
CONCERNS OVER CONCUSSIONS IN FOOTBALL HAVE GROWN ... He had made clear his wishes to work with experts for CTE research and on-going brain injury.Researchers at Boston University's Chronic ...