The skull evolved for protection against blunt force. Modern acceleration and rotational forces expose the brain to new ...

Scientists have made a major breakthrough for early diagnosis of a brain disorder afflicting some of Australia's football ...

Study Helps Solve Mystery Between Repeated Head Impacts in Sports and Location of Brain Degeneration in CTE Dec. 9, 2024 — A new study is helping solve the mystery as to why the brain shrinks in ...

CBS Pittsburgh weather forecaster Jon Burnett died from complications of CTE, Dr. Joseph Malone, a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Cognitive Neurologist, said. The beloved KDKA broadcaster and ...

UFC commentator Joe Rogan credits Will Smith's 2015 movie concussions for raising awareness on brain injuries in sports such ...

A degenerative brain disease, CTE has been identified in athletes and military combat veterans who sustained concussions or repeated blows to the head. It can be diagnosed only posthumously through an ...

She said she wants to raise awareness about the long-term effects of repeat head injuries in hockey. His family says at his insistence, they donated his brain to a CTE center at Boston University.

Researchers at Boston University's CTE Center found that NHL legend Bobby Hull, who died in 2023 at age 84, suffered from Stage 2 CTE. CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) is a degenerative ...

Advertisement Hull’s family donated his brain to a brain bank at Boston ... “NHL families deserve to know that CTE can be a consequence of the head impacts they receive while playing the ...

“He insisted on donating his brain, feeling as though it was ... “NHL families deserve to know that CTE can be a consequence of the head impacts they receive while playing the game ...