A groundbreaking new study is underway that could help football players and other athletes who may be more at risk for concussions.

(NewsNation) — A new study seeks to diagnose CTE, a deadly brain illness that often affects athletes, in living patients. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a progressive neurodegenerative disease, has ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Gil Rabinovici, a leading neurologist at UC San Francisco, has examined “thousands, if not tens of thousands” human brains. On a recent day in his ground-floor Mission Bay office, ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - Former Boston College quarterback and three time NFL pro bowler Matt Hasselbeck is working to diagnose a disease. Hasselbeck is the first ambassador for a new study aimed at diagnosing ...

One of the main obstacles scientists face when dealing with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain disorder likely caused by repeated head injuries, is diagnosing it in the first place. Currently, ...