The family of former NFL pass rusher Aldon Smith has announced plans to donate his brain for CTE research following his ...

The family of Aldon Smith has decided to send his brain to medical experts in Boston to see whether CTE played a role in the former NFL defensive lineman's death.

The recent Four Corners episode exposed the devastating impacts of degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic ...

The family of former San Francisco 49ers player Aldon Smith has donated his brain to medical experts to be assessed for CTE in the wake of his sudden death on Saturday.

After Smith's sudden death at 36, his family says medical experts will examine his brain for CTE and other trauma-related ...

A talent and a team player, Nick Lowden excelled at Aussie rules. But the knocks, bumps, hits and collisions were adding up.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Repeated hits to the head in contact sports can harm the brain long before symptoms show up, according to new research reported by ...

Sept. 17 (UPI) --Repeated hits during contact sports could cause damage to the brain years before the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a study funded by the National Institutes of ...

This fall, tens of millions of people will be at risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head impacts from contact sports like football, soccer ...

The ABC told the story of Nick Lowden, who at 23 became the youngest AFL footballer diagnosed with CTE. One expert argued ...

Contact is an essential part of footy, but there is growing evidence it can also be a grave threat to the health and welfare ...