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What to Know About the Brain Disease CTE

July 31, 2025 by LiteTalk

When Shane Devon Tamura walked into a midtown Manhattan office building with an assault rifle, he also carried a note in his back pocket that provides the only hint at why he opened fire on people in the building. Tamura killed four and badly wounded another before shooting himself in the chest. In the note, … Read more

NHL great Bobby Hull had degenerative brain disease CTE when he died 2 years ago

February 19, 2025 by LiteTalk

Bobby Hull, the Hall of Fame forward and two-time NHL MVP who helped Chicago win the Stanley Cup in 1961, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he died two years ago, his widow said in a statement released on Wednesday. Researchers at Boston University’s CTE Center found that Hull had stage 2 CTE when he died in … Read more