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After killing four and taking his own life, Shane Tamura — a former football player at two L.A.-area high schools — left ...
The NYC mass shooter blamed football for his actions. But Dr. Bennet Omalu, the man who discovered CTE, says that excuse ...
In a 2023 study, Boston University CTE Center found that 345 out of the 376 former NFL players investigated had CTE, a brain ...
CTE, caused by repeated head trauma, has prompted a reckoning at all levels of football. The gunman believed he was suffering ...
CTE is defined as a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes brain damage similar to what’s seen in patients with ...
Young athletes (ages 6–14) in tackle football experience vastly more head impacts — up to 15 times more — and 23 times more ...
The Midtown Manhattan shooter speculated that the condition was a cause of his mental illness. But drawing that conclusion is ...
“CTE is linked to repetitive brain trauma and has a distinct pathology that can only be diagnosed at autopsy,” says Dr. Ross Zafonte, a principal investigator of the Football Players Health Study at ...
Researchers have diagnosed many former football players with CTE since 2005. It can only be diagnosed through a brain autopsy ...
A degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions and other head trauma common in military combat and contact ...
In a video message, Tisch said Tamura left a suicide note and claimed to be suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy ...
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive brain trauma, is gaining attention in the sports world."The athlete i ...