A Boston University study has tied advanced chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) to sharply elevated dementia risk.

A new study is offering clearer insight into how chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked ...

The study also quiets claims from some sports-affiliated medical groups that CTE lacks clear clinical symptoms. The data showed that while low-stage CTE might not always cause noticeable impairment, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Boston University researchers link advanced CTE to dementia and show it is often mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease. (CREDIT: ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has long been known as a degenerative condition suffered by some of America’s top athletes. Previously identified by researchers as the consequence of repeated ...

When former athletes with severe brain damage experience cognitive issues, doctors have been quick to blame Alzheimer’s disease in recent years. Notably, however, autopsies later revealed many of ...

At just 33 years old, Super Bowl Champion Demaryius Thomas' death rocked the NFL. In December 2021, Thomas was found unresponsive in his shower, but now the mysterious circumstances of his death have ...

The degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been diagnosed in 110 of 111 former NFL players whose brains were donated for research, according to an updated study ...

Doctors from Boston University have diagnosed late Denver Broncos star wide receiver Demaryius Thomas with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, prior to his death last year, per ESPN. “CTE itself ...