The committee will look at chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, and the damage that concussions can have on the brain. “The long-term health of NHL players is of paramount importance to our ...

who diagnosed Johnson with CTE. According to the Concussion Legacy Foundation, CTE is a degenerative brain disease found in athletes, military veterans, and others with a history of repetitive ...

“The public has been led to believe through media coverage and movies that concussions alone cause CTE,” said senior author Dan Daneshvar, MD, PhD, chief of Brain Injury Rehabilitation at ...

Wally Lewis, dubbed “The King” when he played rugby league for Queensland state and Australia in the 1980s, made an appeal on behalf of the Concussion and CTE Coalition for millions of dollars ...

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 ...

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 ...

A FORMER DECEASED FOOTBALL PLAYERS CONCUSSIONS HAD BEEN LINKED TO ELEVATED RISKS OF CTE OR CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY. BUT NOW NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS IT’S NOT JUST CONCUSSIONS ALONE.

In a new study of 631 deceased football players, the largest CTE study to date, scientists found that the number of diagnosed concussions alone was not associated with CTE risk.