Researchers at the Australian Sports Brain Bank have today reported the world's first diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a female athlete.
Heather Anderson, who played in the Crows' 2017 AFLW Grand Final win and died last year aged 28, has been named the world's first case of CTE - a devastating form of dementia - diagnosed in a female athlete.
In a first in global medical science, scientists in Australia have made the diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in professional female athlete Heather Anderson.