Former Detroit Lions defender Tracy Scroggins has died at the age of 56. His family stated that he battled the effects of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Scroggins played 10 seasons for the ...

Boston University researchers in a groundbreaking study found that those with CTE have a much higher chance of being diagnosed with dementia. The largest study of its kind from the Boston University ...

Patients with advanced chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease likely caused by repeated head injuries, were more than four times as likely to develop dementia compared to those ...

Boston–The largest study of its kind from the Boston University CTE Center reveals that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) should be recognized as a new cause of dementia. The research, published ...

Forget reducing wrinkles and fighting hair loss. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is often observed in football players due to tackles and falls. Getty Images While it hasn’t been put to the ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a neurodegenerative disease diagnosed after death, most often in athletes who played contact sports and in military personnel — is not just caused by repeated ...

On July 28, 2025, a deadly shooting at a New York City office building-home to both the National Football League (NFL) headquarters and investment firm Blackstone-left five victims dead, including the ...

Shane Tamura, the gunman who opened fire at NFL headquarters in Manhattan in July and killed four people, was diagnosed posthumously with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease linked ...

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