Local researchers are hoping they can tackle the mystery of how to diagnose CTE in the living. The Boston University CTE Center and other research centers have received a $15 million NIH grant to ...

Chris Simon, one of the toughest enforcers of his era and champion with the Colorado Avalanche became the latest deceased NHLer to have the effects of CTE discovered in his brain. Simon passed ...

C oncerns about the long-term effects of heading in soccer are becoming harder for the sport’s governing bodies to ignore. As ...

In the exchange, Strickland’s girlfriend expresses concern about the long-term effects of repeated head trauma, specifically referencing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). She fears that if ...

The National Institutes of Health announced on Thursday that it has awarded a $15.3 million grant to fund research for the diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in the living. The project, led ...

Simon died by suicide at the age of 52 on March 18, 2024, and was long said to have been struggling with the effects of CTE. This was confirmed with Monday’s announcement. Dr. Ann McKee of the ...

Chris Simon, who won a Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 1996, had stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died by suicide in 2024, according to a post-mortem brain tissue ...

Former Philadelphia Flyers draft pick Chris Simon has been posthumously diagnosed with Stage 3 CTE, Dr. Chris Nowinski, the founding CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, announced Monday morning.