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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 affects the brain and who is most at risk.
Crain's Chicago Business6d
Endeavor researchers tackling definitive diagnosis of CTE on live patients
Because it can only be diagnosed with an autopsy, the neurodegenerative disease is difficult to pin in cases of professional ...
USA Today25d
Frank Wycheck CTE diagnosis reminder that real human beings play a brutal game | Opinion
Stage IV is the most advanced form of the disease. As of early 2023, CTE has been diagnosed in 345 of the 376 NFL players studied by Boston University's CTE center. "For comparison, a 2018 Boston ...
USA Today26d
Frank Wycheck, late Titans star, diagnosed with CTE after death, family reveals
Former Tennessee Titans tight end Frank Wycheck was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) more than a year after his death at the age of 52, his family revealed. Wycheck died on ...
Daily Mail26d
Frank Wycheck diagnosed with CTE after being found dead in 2023 at age 52, his family announce
With on-going CTE research and diagnosis’, we hope future NFL alumni and families will be explicitly given an outline and plan of action in receiving care and treatment. 'That’s what our ...
The New York Times27d
Frank Wycheck, late Titans star, diagnosed with CTE following his 2023 death, family says
in Dec. 2023. Researchers from Boston University’s CTE Center confirmed the stage III diagnosis for Wycheck (stage IV being the most severe). The family announced shortly after his death that it ...
Sportskeeda8d
Triple H incident might contribute to possible CTE diagnosis, ex-WWE star thinks
Triple H was among WWE's most prominent superstars in 2004. One of his rivals that year, Nick Dinsmore, recently recalled how ...
Courthouse News Service18d
NFL families demand justice without exhumations for CTE diagnoses
Families of deceased NFL players pushed an appeals court to reverse a federal court's decision that they must dig up and diagnose the players with CTE to qualify for the NFL's concussion settlement.
clinicaladvisor.com28d
Diagnosis of CTE Increases With Each Year of Ice Hockey Play
Individuals with vs without CTE were approximately 10 times more likely to have played at least 18 years of ice hockey. A diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increases with each ...
Taste of Country27d
NFL’s Frank Wycheck Posthumously Diagnosed With CTE
Wycheck's family has released a statement revealing that medical examiners have posthumously confirmed his diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Stage III. According to the Mayo ...
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Family of Frank Wycheck confirms CTE diagnosis
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The family of beloved Tennessee Titans tight end Frank Wycheck said the former player suffered from Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) before his death at the age ...
Frank Wycheck, late Titans star, diagnosed with CTE after death, family reveals
Frank Wycheck was diagnosed with CTE just over a year after the former Titans star's death at the age of 52, his family ...