New Study Finds CTE Is Common in Brains of Athletes Under 30
WebMD | Among contact sport athletes younger than 30, researchers found that 4 in 10 had the brain disorder chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Read more.
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Risk of CTE from young age revealed in new study
Neuro Rehab Times | The extent of young athletes involved in contact and collision sports who have Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) has been revealed in a new study. Research has found that, among a sample of 152 young athletes exposed to repetitive head impacts (RHI) who were under age 30 at the time of death, 41.4 […]
Study finds CTE in 40% of athletes who died before 30
ESPN | A new study has diagnosed the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in more than 40% of youth, high school and college athletes — primarily football players — who were exposed to repetitive head impacts from contact sports and died before age 30. Read more.
UNITE Brain Bank publishes largest CTE case series ever in youth, high school and college athletes who died young
Concussion Legacy Foundation | This week, I coauthored the largest study ever of CTE in youth, high school and college athletes who died before the age of 30, published here in JAMA Neurology. Led by the brilliant Dr. Ann McKee and the scientists of the Boston University CTE Center and UNITE Brain Bank, and made possible […]
Boston University CTE study: 41% of contact sport athletes who died young had CTE
Boston Herald | A new Boston University CTE Center brain bank study has found that more than 40% of contact and collision sport athletes who died young had CTE. Read more.
Listen Now: Neuropathologic and Clinical Findings in Athletes With Repetitive Head Impacts
JAMA Network Learning | Interview with Ann C. McKee, MD, author of Neuropathologic and Clinical Findings in Young Contact Sport Athletes Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts. Hosted by Cynthia E. Armand, MD. Listen now.
Young Amateur Athletes at Risk of CTE, BU Study Finds
The Brink | Boston University | It’s perhaps not especially surprising that after enduring decades of head-thumping collisions on the football field, many NFL veterans spend their retirements grappling with declining brain health. Almost all—92 percent—of ex-NFL players studied have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Worryingly though, a new study from the Boston […]
After the Loss of a Son, a Football Coach Confronts a Terrible Truth
New York Times | Michael Locksley was helping coach Alabama to a national championship in 2017 when his 25-year-old son, Meiko, was shot and killed. Meiko was a standout high-school football player who bounced between college programs as his mind and life slipped into darkness in his early 20s. Read more.
41% of Young Athletes Show Signs of CTE
Neuroscience News | A new study reveals alarming rates of CTE among young athletes under 30, including the first American woman athlete diagnosed with the condition. Read more.
Largest study of brains of athletes younger than 30 finds early signs of CTE even in amateur players
CNN | A new study from Boston University’s CTE Center has discovered more than 60 cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE, in athletes who were under the age of 30 at the time of their death. This is the largest study to look at the neurodegenerative disease in young people. Read more.