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Australian researchers have discovered the first case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a female professional athlete.The brain of former Australian rules football player Heather Anderson was donated to science after the…

New research finds repetitive head impacts can cause degenerative brain disease... with contact-sport athletes 68 times more likely to develop CTE than othersResearch claims to have found evidence of link to degenerative brain…

More than half of the first 21 brains donated to the Australian Sports Brain Bank by former athletes showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease caused by repeated concussions, a study showed.CTE,…

Dallas Stars goalie Ben Bishop's career is over because of a degenerative condition in his right knee, general manager Jim Nill said Saturday. The Stars recalled Bishop from a conditioning assignment with the Texas Stars of the AHL after…