WCVB-TV Boston | New research conducted at Boston University studied the brains of 152 young athletes who died before age 30 and found that 41% had Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, the brain disorder most commonly associated with professional athletes. Read more.
BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | A new BU Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Center study 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% (63) had neuropathological evidence of CTE, a degenerative brain disease caused by RHI. Read […]
Medscape | The largest study to date of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in young athletes shows that 41% had the neurodegenerative disease, caused by repetitive head impacts (RHIs). Read more.
MedPage Today | Brain pathologies including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease, were identified in young deceased athletes, autopsy data showed. Read more.
The Seattle Times | Jimmy Gabriel told the best stories. The Scottish international thrilled young soccer players on road trips as he recounted closing out a 1966 FA Cup win for his first professional club, English side Everton, by fending off defenders at Wembley Stadium. Read more.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation News | In 2019, Anita Frawley was at her lowest ebb. Her husband Danny Frawley, a successful Melbourne media identity and legendary AFL footballer who played for St Kilda from 1984 to 1995, had been killed in a car crash near Ballarat. Read more.
The New York Times | Joseph Maroon, a neurosurgeon, began working for the Pittsburgh Steelers as a consulting doctor starting in 1977 and over 46 years has examined and treated stars from the notoriously hard-nosed dynasty, including the Hall of Famers Terry Bradshaw, Mean Joe Greene and Lynn Swann. Read more.
Associated Press (AP) | English soccer star Jimmy Fryatt was known for his ability to head the ball, and the proof of his prowess may be in the damage it did to his brain. Still physically fit in his late 70s, Fryatt played tennis but couldn’t keep score or remember which side of the net […]
The Saint Anselm Crier | Members of the class of 2023 presented their research over the past year at the annual Showcasing Our Art and Research event, otherwise known as SOAR. Preceding the event was a presentation by the event’s distinguished speaker, Dr. Ann McKee. She is the Director of Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research […]
1News New Zealand | The experts at the forefront of researching brain injuries in athletes say it is inevitable women will be affected by Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Further, Dr Ann McKee from the Boston Brain Bank – the world’s leading authority on CTE – and colleague Chris Nowinski, a neuroscientist and the CEO of […]