So what is the difference between CTE and a concussion?Although both derive from head injuries, CTE differs because it is a brain disease caused by multiple traumatic brain injuries. Concussions ...

Brain injuries in sport are a growing public health issue that affects players at all levels, from local community teams to seasoned professionals ...

USA TODAY Sports spoke with Nowinski and other experts in concussion care and CTE research to better understand what Tagovailoa's 2022 head injuries mean for him in 2023 and beyond. Is he more ...

“In our case studies, we have not seen cases of CTE without exposure to repetitive head impacts,” says Mez. One type of brain trauma caused by head impacts is concussion, a mild form of brain ...

CTE, which can cause dementia and problems with neurobehavioral regulation, usually occurs in athletes exposed to repeated head impacts, whether or not they had diagnosed concussions. For Wyatt ...

Because CTE can only be diagnosed with a brain autopsy ... said Dr. Javier Cárdenas, the director of the Concussion and Brain Injury Institute at West Virginia University and neurologist who ...

Former Predators captain Greg Johnson had CTE when he died by suicide in 2019, his family and the Concussion Legacy Foundation announced on Wednesday. Johnson, who passed away in Detroit on July 7 ...

The padded headgear is meant to reduce the risk of concussions — and later development of CTE Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously appeared in Billboard and ...

The brain of Canton McKinley High product John Grimsley was the first of now more than 1,500 brains donated to a research brain bank in Boston.