Fred Lorenzen, a Daytona 500 winner, is the first NASCAR driver to be diagnosed with CTE, the brain disease often associated ...

NASCAR Hall of Famer Darrell Waltrip has been diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), complicated by possible chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to a statement his family put ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cumulative exposure to head impacts is a risk factor for CTE. Changes in equipment, sports medicine, rules and ...

Problems with memory and cognitive functioning were common among some former NFL players who had neurocognitive testing done after their retirement and later died with chronic traumatic encephalopathy ...

There's no sure way to diagnose the degenerative brain disease while a person is still alive. Now researchers are combining brain imaging, blood tests, and more to find answers. Chronic traumatic ...

Harrison is a historian of science and public health at Wellesley College. A new study led by Boston-area researchers has set my media feeds abuzz with the finding that nearly 1 in 4 NFL players in ...

The degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is likely much more common among former football players than previously thought, according to a new study from researchers at ...

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At least 1 in 4 NFL players are likely to end up with the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. That’s the finding of Boston-based researchers who set out to determine just how ...

The NFLPA said the recent study suggests "CTE may be significantly more common among NFL players than previously understood." Kirby Lee / Imagn Images Responding to the recent study on the prevalence ...

Questions and answers regarding the degenerative brain disease, a prevalent issue at all levels of football that won’t go away any time soon. There’s more alarming evidence that suggests it’s common ...

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