The "unique pattern" of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the debilitating brain disease known as CTE, has been found for the first time in a patient before he died, NBC News reported. It was detected ...

From football fields to military training grounds, head injuries are leaving lasting marks on the brain in ways we're only ...

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 ...

Professional soccer players and American football stars are at much greater risk of developing dementia. What can we do to ...

A new study from the nation's largest brain bank found that 96 percent of the deceased NFL players tested showed positive results for having a degenerative brain disease connected with concussions.

— -- 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, ...

The brain of formerKansas City Chiefslinebacker Jovan Belcher -- the 25-year-old player who shot and killed his girlfriend in 2012 before committing suicide -- showed signs of pervasivebrain damage ...

DALLAS — The death of Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on Thursday has fueled questions online about chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or ...

America loves football and is reluctant to listen to anyone who tries to suppress the joy of watching it. The addiction is unstoppable as ratings and franchise evaluations continue to skyrocket. It’s ...