Dr. Mark Green: “Researchers Link Heading in Soccer to Degenerative Brain Disease”
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated blows to the head. Typically, it’s been found in football players and boxers, but now a soccer player has become the first in his sport to be publicly named with the disease. “Once you get it over a short period of time, few years, you’re in big trouble … depressed, confused … and then you die,” said Mark Green, MD, Professor of Neurology, Headache Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Rehabilitation Medicine at The Mount Sinai Hospital. Learn more