A degenerative brain disease called CTE keeps showing up in football players who have died. Just yesterday scientists revealed that Aaron Hernandez, who once played for the New England Patriots ...

The suicide of former New England Patriots tight-end Aaron Hernandez in April brought the controversy surrounding brain injury in the National Football ... brain scans of 61 former players ...

The participants had brain scans and lumbar punctures to look for biomarkers of neurodegenerative disease and white matter changes, along with other assessments. In the former football players ...

In a new study using brain scans of ... for years after players end collision sports careers, and lead to long-term cognitive problems such as memory loss. "The findings show that participating in ...

A single season playing football might be all it takes to change a young athlete's brain. Those are the ... after the players' initial MRI scans at the beginning of the season.

In a new study using brain scans of ... for years after players end collision sports careers, and lead to long-term cognitive problems such as memory loss. “The findings show that participating in ...