The NYC mass shooter blamed football for his actions. But Dr. Bennet Omalu, the man who discovered CTE, says that excuse ...

CTE cannot be diagnosed until the patient has died and their brain examined. But doctors said there are symptoms such as ...

A degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions and other head trauma common in military combat and contact ...

According to one study, 40 percent of young athletes who died by suicide had CTE. At present, it's only possible to test for ...

Brain experts said it could take weeks to learn whether Shane Tamura, the gunman who killed four people in Manhattan, had CTE ...

The disease has been diagnosed in more than 100 former NFL players and arisen as an existential threat to the United States’ ...

The gunman who killed an NYPD officer and three other people in a Midtown building on Monday evening was carrying a note that ...

Was NYC shooter Shane Tamura suffering from CTE? Parents Bring Newborn Home To Dog, Not What They Expected Some degrees don’t ...

The midtown Manhattan shooter left a suicide note, asking for his brain to be studied, as he wondered whether Chronic ...

The suspect in the recent New York City shooting had a note in his pocket, which claimed he has chronic traumatic encephalopathy. But that neurological condition can only be diagnosed with an autopsy.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Chris Nowinski, co-founder and CEO of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, about the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

No ruling has been made yet on whether Tamura was suffering from the disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which he claimed to have had.