A small change to the starting stance offensive linemen use could avoid the effects of repeated head impacts, which include brain damage.

With safer tackles and padded helmets, no youth football players got concussions in a 20-practice, seven-game season, a new study shows.

There's a strong link between playing football and CTE, researchers find. After just under 3 years of play, athletes' risk for CTE doubles.

Researchers have found a link between playing football and white matter injury in the brain, which might contribute to dementia in people with CTE.

A genetic variation may explain why similar levels of head trauma can cause some people to suffer more drastic symptoms of CTE than others.