Fifteen years after Greg left football, on the evening of May 21, 2024, The Ventura County Star published a news roundup ...

CTE is a rare brain disorder that is not fully understood and, after all these years, has fueled a multitude of ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, better known as CTE, first entered mainstream awareness two decades ago, when neuropathologist Bennet Omalu diagnosed it in the brain of former Steelers center Mike ...

In recent years, some scientists and advocates have warned that playing contact sports like football and hockey may increase ...

Roger Shoal was part of a 2013 lawsuit against the NFL that resulted in a $765 million settlement with hundreds of former players who suffered head trauma while playing.

It starts with a hit. Maybe a tackle in a high school football game. Maybe a blast wave during military service. The damage isn’t visible, at least not right away. But for thousands of former athletes ...

If more isn’t done to combat concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, more families will be grieving tragic deaths.

Back in 2016, the University of Pittsburgh started testing all of the brains donated to its brain bank for chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Summary: A new study questions whether playing youth football leads to harmful protein buildup in the brain. Researchers ...

Former OHL coach Paul Thériault died in January 2024 in a Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, care home, unable to speak, trapped inside a mind ravaged by the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic ...

Whenever Pam Webster feels consumed by the stress – concerns over food, money or family feeling like too much – she can always count on her son, Garrett, for a laugh.