Doctors working to improve CTE research hope to diagnose disease before death

Drs. Chad Yucus and Julian Bailes are studying a potential way to diagnose CTE while a patient is still alive.

Study: Ex-NFL player suicide rates rose between 2011-2019

Suicide rates among former NFL players rose between 2011 and 2019 compared to NBA and MLB players, according to a study by ...

Why sports stars who head the ball are much more likely to die of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and motor neurone disease

Professional soccer players and American football stars are at much greater risk of developing dementia. What can we do to help them?
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CTE found in nearly 90 percent of brains donated by football players

— -- CHICAGO -- Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the National Football League, ...
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Kevin Turner, lead NFL concussion suit plaintiff, had CTE

BOSTON -- Researchers say they have found a traumatic brain disease in former Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots fullback Kevin Turner, who was the lead plaintiff in a concussion lawsuit ...

SC judge keeps NFL in brain injury lawsuit of ex-player who killed 6 in Rock Hill

Exclusive: Phillip Adams shot six people then killed himself in York County in April 2021. A lawsuit claims he had ...
Time

CTE Detected in Living Ex–NFL Players; Junior Seau’s Family Sues: What Now for Football and Concussions?

The latest head-trauma news in football is decidedly mixed: not good, but now there’s at least some hope for improvement. First, the bad parts: the family of Junior Seau, the former All-Pro football ...