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The most notorious form of workplace illness in the United States might be black lung disease. Scientists say that 10 to 20 percent of coal miners who have worked 25 years or more have gotten it. It has long been considered an epidemic.

Imagine an American job that is less safe than that, where one in four workers (and maybe far more) ends up with an incurable, degenerative brain disease that withers the mind, sometimes after just a few years of exposure.

New research shows that 25 percent of all former N.F.L. players who died during a recent six-year period had the degenerative brain disease known as C.T.E. — a tally that does not include the nearly three-quarters of deceased players who were not tested for the disease, which can be diagnosed only posthumously.

While professional football and the degenerative brain disease known as CTE have long been linked, true prevalence has remained an open question. A new study finds that, among former NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021, at least a quarter had CTE.

Pentagon efforts to monitor the impact of blasts on service members’ brain health have improved in recent years, but programs meant to track their exposure and catch potential cognitive changes are under-resourced, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.

The Department of Defense (DOD) has launched a new research program to develop treatments for traumatic brain injuries (TBI).

A new program called Selective Harnessing of Intrinsic Neuroplasticity Engineering (SHINE) is pushing through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the research arm of the DOD, developing non-invasive tools to "enhance the brain's ability to adapt and rewire itself" when it is injured.

New research on the experiences of people who took magic mushrooms through Oregon's homegrown psychedelic industry — the first program of its kind in the U.S. — is offering a largely favorable picture.

What ancient myths can teach us about psychopathology and therapy today.

After head injuries were removed from the popular N.F.L. games, a nonprofit group found a visceral way to incorporate them.

As a linebacker tackles the New York Giants running back Cam Skattebo on a routine play, Skattebo’s head slams to the ground.

For millions of people who play the Madden NFL video game franchise, Skattebo will get up and continue the drive unhindered. Concussions do not exist alongside the game’s dislocated shoulders, broken ribs and ankle sprains.

But those players who have installed a free modification of the game will have a distorted experience. They may encounter blurred vision, light sensitivity, nausea, increased heart rate, headaches, shortness of breath, dizziness or tinnitus, the screen shaking as they hear a ringing sound.

The reach of the modification, or mod, that depicts common symptoms of concussions may be small, but its message is clear.

More than 142,000 post-9/11 veterans who screened positive for a possible deployment-related traumatic brain injury and agreed to a comprehensive VA evaluation did not ultimately receive one, according to a new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) watchdog report

Just when you thought the Australian Football League’s (AFL) management of concussion could not get murkier, news arrived yesterday the Geelong Football Club required a player with a history of concussions to sign a letter waiving their legal rights with respect to any future brain trauma.

Student View: My sister died during a mental health crisis after a concussion. I pushed for a new Colorado law to educate kids, coaches and families.

Every soccer season, athletes like me are taught to watch for headaches, dizziness and blurred vision after a concussion. But no one has ever taught many of us that a concussion can also affect our mental health. 

The cases of hundreds of players in rugby's multi-million-pound concussion legal battle remain in the balance.

After two days of proceedings at the High Court, the judge said he would reserve judgement on whether the claimants have complied with an order to provide documents surrounding the neurological testing process.

Senior Master Jeremy David Cook did not give a time frame for his decision, leaving both sides waiting for the next step of a legal battle that has already stretched six years.