Two new studies have provided further insights into the complex links between head injury in elite rugby and potential dementia risks.In a study of ...

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) happens to millions of people annually. It can strike anyone, from athletes to grandma cooking lunch. Most of these injuries go und ...

The rugby league community is in full support of the Mark Hughes Foundation. Yet players' brains need further protection.

Coroner Bruce Hesketh slated the competition as having "all the hallmarks of perilous activity that makes no attempt to ...

The apology came after Slater linked late Maroons coach Paul Green to a comment made by former NSW prop Aaron Woods.

Repeated TBIs are linked to an increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases like early-onset dementia, which has the highest prevalence and is the most concerning, writes Kathy ...

Now he probably suffers from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. The neurodegenerative condition is linked to repeated blows to the head. His brain is damaged beyond repair.

Dr. Ann McKee, director Boston University's center for research into the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, addresses an audience on the school's campus Thursday ...

Uretsky and colleagues retrospectively examined data from 845 deceased male brain donors aged 18 years or older (mean age at death, 60.3 years; 83.3% white) who were contact sport athletes or ...

Of the entire group, 383 people (45%) had a family history of mental illness, and 589 individuals (70%) were found to have chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

SHREVEPORT, La. - A concussion is like a bruise on the brain caused by a forceful impact to the head, which can occur in sports, accidents, or falls. Symptoms include ...