MSN: Rugby star died with brain disease linked with repeated head blows
Yahoo Sports: FA claims ‘no proof’ that heading causes long-term brain damage
The Football Association has been accused of acting like “Big Tobacco” by denying there is a proven link between repeated heading, or concussion, and long-term brain damage.
Shane Tamura, the gunman who opened fire at NFL headquarters in Manhattan in July and killed four people, was diagnosed posthumously with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease linked ...
Yahoo: Brain MRIs and AI predict brain age, cancer survival, and other diseases
Brain MRIs and AI predict brain age, cancer survival, and other diseases
MSN: Brain-on-a-chip technology reveals how sepsis and neurodegenerative diseases damage the brain
STAT: Repeated head trauma causes brain changes in young athletes before CTE symptoms
Repeated head trauma causes brain changes in young athletes before CTE symptoms
MSN: What is CTE, the brain disease linked to head trauma, contact sports?
What is CTE, the brain disease linked to head trauma, contact sports?
AOL: New AI blood test can help detect several brain diseases at once
New AI blood test can help detect several brain diseases at once
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Overview Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a-my-o-TROE-fik LAT-ur-ul skluh-ROE-sis) is a nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Also known as ALS, the disease leads to muscle weakness and gets worse over time. ALS often begins with muscle twitching and weakness in an arm or leg, trouble swallowing, or slurred speech. Eventually ALS affects the muscles needed ...