Study: Advanced CTE Linked To 4.5x Higher Dementia Risk

A Boston University study has tied advanced chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) to sharply elevated dementia risk.

Advanced CTE tied to sharp rise in dementia risk, major brain study finds

A new study is offering clearer insight into how chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked ...

Study Links Advanced CTE From Head Trauma as Distinct Cause of Dementia

The study also quiets claims from some sports-affiliated medical groups that CTE lacks clear clinical symptoms. The data ...
Medscape

Strongest Evidence to Date Links Advanced CTE to Dementia

Advanced chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is associated with a fourfold increased risk of dementia and is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Results of a large autopsy study of more ...
AOL

Largest study of its kind reveals CTE as cause of dementia

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy has long been discussed as a possible driver of dementia, but proving that link has been hard. Now, researchers at the Boston University CTE Center say the evidence is ...