What causes CTE? CTE is caused by repeated concussions and traumatic brain injuries. The disease has been found mostly in athletes who play contact sports, members of the military and victims of ...

A new study has diagnosed the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in more than 40% of youth, high school and college athletes -- primarily football players -- who ...

CTE stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy. It's a brain disease caused by repeated head injuries that may include concussions. It mostly happens in athletes who play contact sports like ...

Divided into four stages, CTE is pathologically marked by a buildup of tau protein in the brain that can disable neuropathways. “It takes years for CTE to progress from stage 1 to stage 2, so to ...

Surprising Fact. Researchers discovered the first American woman soccer player, a 28-year-old, to be diagnosed with CTE, in Monday’s study. The finding comes a month after Heather Anderson, a ...

CTE was found in 110 brains of 111 deceased former NFL players. The study is the largest of its kind, and focused on the brains of 202 deceased former football players.

The degenerative brain disease can only be diagnosed after death. But hundreds of retired players reported symptoms linked to CTE, like depression, mood swings and suicidal thoughts.

More than 300 former players reported having suicidal thoughts. Per the report, 171 of the athletes that had perceived CTE (or 25%) reported this, whereas 64 of those who did not believe they had ...

In total, CTE was diagnosed in 87% of 202 former football players --- including high school, college, NFL, Canadian Football League and semipro. The study, ...

The brain disease CTE has become tied to professional football, but Ann McKee helped discover that even in high school and college, a player’s risk doubles every few years.