NY Times report: NFL players up to 19x more at risk for memory loss

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Topics: NFL
by Dipseth
1677 Posts
where'd the hot prefix girl go?
11 months, 3 weeks ago
2 years, 4 months 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
18049 Posts
Ready to get things pooping
10 months ago
2 years, 4 months ago
Makes sense. Football is a brutal sport.

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