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Study helps solve mystery between repeated head impacts in sports and location of brain degeneration in CTE
A new study is helping solve the mystery as to why the brain shrinks in a unique pattern, known as atrophy, in chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). This research provides novel evidence that ...
Repeated head impacts drive brain degeneration patterns in chronic traumatic encephalopathy, study finds
A new study from researchers at the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center is helping solve the mystery as to ...
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Sen. King proposes bill requiring study of brain injuries among veterans from low-level blasts
The bill is, at least in part, a response to research suggesting that the gunman in last year's Lewiston mass shooting may ...
I’m a World Cup winner but now can’t remember my kids names – I wish I’d worked on a building site
England rugby hero Steve Thompson has revealed his early-onset dementia means he sometimes forgets the names of his own ...
Boston University Study On CTE Shows Odds Of Developing The Disease Increases With Every Year Players Play Hockey
The problem of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) continues to be studied – and a new Boston University study shows the ...
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What To Know About Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
Medically reviewed by Mallory Christopherson DC, FMT, CSCS Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative ...
Aggression in chronic traumatic encephalopathy linked to family history of mental illness
People who have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) who have a family history of mental illness may have a higher risk of ...
Odds of chronic traumatic encephalopathy for male ice hockey players increase by 34% with each year played, study finds
The largest study ever of 77 deceased male ice hockey players by the Boston University CTE Center found that the odds of ...
New study shows odds of ice hockey players developing CTE increase significantly with each year played
Eighteen of the 19 NHL players whose brains were studied after death were discovered to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy ...
Hockey players' brain injury chances increase every year they're on the ice
Hockey players' chances of developing concussion-related brain injury increase with every year they spend on the ice, a new ...
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Largest study of CTE in male ice hockey players finds odds increased 34% with each year played
A large study, of 77 deceased male ice hockey players, has found that the odds of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increased by 34% each year played, and 18 of 19 National Hockey League ...
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy risk in ice hockey increases with each year played
A study of 77 male hockey players reveals a 96.4% CTE prevalence, highlighting the link between play duration and increased ...