The largest study of CTE to date has found a new link between playing contact sports, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), and the development of a movement disorder known as parkinsonism. The ...

Getty Images Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the association between duration of ice hockey played and risk and severity of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Individuals ...

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 now ...

How is the conversation about lasting brain disease from repeated head knocks on the sporting field impacting parents' decisions about what sports their children play?

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease linked to the repetitive head impacts that athletes get from playing contact sports. According to a new preliminary study, each ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers examined medical, athletic histories of 631 individuals as part of two major brain studies. Results ...