An NIH-funded study of athletes under 51 found repeated head impacts can cause early neuron loss and brain inflammation years ...

As the 2025 NFL season begins, more people are becoming aware of the risks of concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy – or CTE.

As football season kicks off across the country, so does the recurring conversation around concussions, mental health and the ...

Repeated hits during contact sports could cause damage to the brain years before the development of chronic traumatic ...

ROCK HILL, S.C. -- The former NFL player accused of killing six people in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in April had stage 2 CTE, according to doctors who examined Phillip Adams' brain. Authorities have ...

There are multiple steps in the NFL's concussion protocol, particularly as they pertain to players returning to the field.

Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle deserves high praise for her courageous column in her paper’s Sept. 2 edition entitled, “The Uncomfortable Truth About Watching Football.” Standing up to the ...

Former Oakland Raiders quarterback Ken Stabler, who died in 2015 from complications resulting from colon cancer, also suffered from the effects of the degenerative disease chronic traumatic ...

Four members of Congress have asked the NFL for documents and information about why it tried to intervene in the selection of a Boston University researcher to lead a major study on football and brain ...