NY Times report: NFL players up to 19x more at risk for memory loss
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by Dipseth
814 Posts |
1 month, 3 weeks ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/sports/football/30dementia.html?_r=1&hp A study commissioned by the National Football League reports that Alzheimer’s disease or similar memory-related diseases appear to have been diagnosed in the league’s former players vastly more often than in the national population — including a rate of 19 times the normal rate for men ages 30 through 49. |
by Daba
10753 Posts |
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Makes sense. Football is a brutal sport.
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