Award-Winning Health Journalism

New Diagnostic Trial for CTE

PET scan showing traumatic brain injury

Fact checked by Jim Lacy Endeavor Health is leading a groundbreaking clinical trial aimed at diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a form of progressive brain trauma — in living patients.  Repeated head injuries can cause the neurodegenerative disease CTE. It commonly affects contact-sport athletes and military personnel exposed to blasts. Despite its severity, physicians […]