Brain trauma and football have become inexorably linked. But a recent Harvard story suggestions there are other dangers for football players ...

A new study from the nation's largest brain bank found that 96 percent of the deceased NFL players tested showed positive results for having a degenerative brain disease connected with concussions.

Suicide rates among former NFL players rose in the decade between 2011 and 2019, compared to their cohorts in the NBA and Major League Baseball, according to a study published this week in the Journal ...

A 2020 study also found that the risk of CTE doubles for every 2.6 years spent playing football. The condition has been reported in people as young as 17, meaning by the time a football player goes ...

Some of the traditionally associated symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy —a degenerative brain disease most attributed with football and other contact sports — include depression, aggressive ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers have found "conclusive evidence" that repetitive head impacts cause the degenerative brain disease CTE, according to a new study. Researchers from Harvard, UCLA, Michigan and ...