Tamura, who played at a Los Angeles charter school, had not been diagnosed with CTE, which can only be confirmed post-mortem.

The progressive brain disease can be caused by repeated trauma to the head and has caused serious health problems for ...

To date, nearly 350 former NFL players have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after their death.

The gunman accused of killing four people in New York City suspected he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — a ...

“CTE is linked to repetitive brain trauma and has a distinct pathology that can only be diagnosed at autopsy,” says Dr. Ross ...

The Midtown Manhattan shooter speculated that the condition was a cause of his mental illness. But drawing that conclusion is ...

After killing four and taking his own life, Shane Tamura — a former football player at two L.A.-area high schools — left ...

The gunman in the deadly Midtown Manhattan shooting, Shane Tamura, wrote about the brain disease CTE in a note obtained by ...

The brain disease has most commonly been found in athletes in contact sports and others with a history of repeated brain ...

Shane Tamura — who fatally shot four people at a Midtown East office building — said in a suicide note he believed he ...

New York’s medical examiner’s office said it will examine the shooter’s brain for CTE. Results may not be public for months.

Young athletes (ages 6–14) in tackle football experience vastly more head impacts — up to 15 times more — and 23 times more ...