November 9, 2017 Aaron Hernandez's brain suffered severe CTE, researcher says Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez suffered substantial damage to parts of the brain that affect memory, judgment and behavior from the most severe case of a degenerative disease linked to head blows ever found in someone so young, a researcher said Thursday.
November 3, 2017 Boy's concussion symptoms lead to tumor diagnosis Friends and family have rallied around a 7-year-old Florida boy who sought treatment for a concussion, only to be diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor.
October 31, 2017 High school football player died of 'blunt force trauma' The death of a 16-year-old football player has been attributed to “blunt force trauma,” and ruled accidental after he collapsed during a blocking play in an Oct. 20 game.
October 31, 2017 Sorority sister dies 3 weeks after getting hit in head by soccer ball A University of Alabama freshman will be remembered during a prayer vigil on Wednesday, days after she died from a soccer injury that left her in a coma for three weeks.
October 31, 2017 Recurrent concussions are down in high school sports With passage of laws requiring U.S. high schools to report young athletes' concussions, more of these head injuries are being reported - but the rate of repeat concussions has gone down, a new study shows.
October 17, 2017 High school forfeits football game after 9 players take blows to head A high school team in Canada forfeited a game Friday after nine players suffered head injuries, CBC News reports.
September 27, 2017 CTE breakthrough: Biomarker may indicate disease in living patients Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine said they’ve identified a key biomarker that may make it possible to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in living patients.
September 27, 2017 Assistant vice principal paralyzed in Slip 'N Slide accident A summer party turned tragic for an assistant vice principal and his family on Saturday, when he was critically injured in a Slip N’ Slide accident.
September 27, 2017 'Walking Dead' stuntman dead after on-set accident; production shut down A stuntman working on the set of “The Walking Dead” has reportedly suffered a serious injury to his head.
September 26, 2017 CTE found in brains of 110 out of 111 deceased NFLers Researchers studying the brains of 202 former football players discovered traces of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in nearly all of them, with the most severe cases occurring in players who had reached the professional level.
