TUESDAY, Oct. 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Folks who’ve suffered one or two concussions at some point shouldn’t worry about developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a new study has concluded.

For the 2024 season, the NFL changed its kickoff rule and said concussions decreased 17% compared with the previous season. This year, the league is largely keeping the same rule with a small tweak.

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 ...

Doctors and advanced researchers have long thought that the number of concussions suffered by athletes increased their likelihood of being diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease chronic ...

A groundbreaking new study is underway that could help football players and other athletes who may be more at risk for concussions. University of California, San Francisco researchers are studying the ...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, returned to the national limelight this week when a gunman who believed he had the degenerative brain disease killed four people in a Manhattan skyscraper.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Researchers have confirmed that a former NFL lineman from Pennsylvania who died of suicide at 25 had the brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Adrian Robinson Jr.

FILE - Ann McKee, director Boston University's center for research into the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, addresses an audience on the school's campus Nov. 9, ...

People who’ve suffered infrequent concussions aren’t likely to develop chronic traumatic encephalopathy Out of 47 brains studied, only seven had evidence of CTE Most of those seven had a history of ...