CTE is caused by repeated blows to the head
Family choose to donate brain for research
Claude Lemieux’s brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of r…
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Pioneering study aims to find out how repeated blows to head in women’s rugby affects brain ⊕
Risk of CTE in men’s sports has been widely studied, but female brains are softer and more vulnerable
Cleo Pallister-Turley, a back for Cardiff university’s women’s rugby team, winces as she recalls t…
29 days ago
Is CTE really the main reason behind the rise in NFL player suicides? ⊖
Brain trauma and football have become inexorably linked. But a recent Harvard study suggestions there are other dangers for football players
When an NFL player takes his own life, there is often specu…
80 days ago
‘It’s an excuse’: New York Giants’ Cam Skattebo says CTE and asthma are ‘fake’ ⊖
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Skattebo calls CTE and asthma ‘fake’ on podcast
Comments draw backlash citing medical consensus
Giants have not publicly responded to remarks
New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo is facing backlash…
81 days ago
Ricky Hatton 'displayed signs of traumatic brain disease' that is caused by repeated blows to the head when he died, inquest told ⊖⊖
Experts found evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) following analysis of his brain after he was discovered dead at his home in Manchester.
4 months ago
Daughter of former Manchester United and Scotland defender Gordon McQueen warns of dangers of heading football after coroner concludes playing career 'likely' contributed to his death ⊖
Sitting at North Yorkshire Coroners Court, senior coroner Jonathan Heath said Mr McQueen developed CTE from heading the ball during his career.
Heading football likely contributed to Gordon McQueen's brain disease, inquest finds ⊖
An inquest concludes that "it is likely that repetitive head impacts, sustained by heading the ball while playing football, contributed to the CTE" which was a factor in the former Scotland footballe…
7 months ago
NCAA must pay $18m over alleged failure to warn player about concussion risks ⊖
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Jury finds college sports’ governing body negligent
Robert Geathers has shown signs of CTE
A South Carolina jury has decided the NCAA owes a former college football player and his wife $18m, while find…
8 months ago
Shane Christie sustained multiple head injuries playing rugby. In death, he is still fighting for change ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The former All Blacks Sevens player suspected he had CTE, a disease associated with head impacts, and has donated his brain to science to help understand the condition
First came the headaches, a feel…
NFL headquarters gunman diagnosed with CTE following deadly attack that killed four ○
The gunman who took his own life after killing four people and injuring an NFL employee this summer has been diagnosed with CTE. Shane Tamura, 27, carried out the deadly attack at a Manhattan office…