NIH-supported researchers found a 56% loss of specific neurons in athletes exposed to repeated head impacts. Brain changes appeared even without the tau protein buildup typically linked to chronic ...

Repeated hits to the head in contact sports can harm the brain long before symptoms show up, according to new research reported by LiveNow from Fox. According to the Mayo Clinic, CTE, or chronic ...

(CNN) — The neurologic disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE has most often been found in people who experienced repeated blows to the head while playing contact sports and there’s ...

A brain disorder associated with chronic repeated head blows, may also have a genetic component. A new study from Boston Children’s Hospital reveals DNA damage, similar to Alzheimer’s disease in the ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive head trauma. Here's how it ...