Health
For NHL players, more fighting on the ice is linked to shorter lives
Fighting is par for the course in professional ice hockey, but a new study raises the question of whether it is shortening some players' lives.
May 11, 2023
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News tagged with football players
Neuroscience
Former football player's cognitive symptoms improve after case study reveals alternative diagnosis and treatment
Football players who have had repetitive head trauma and concussion are at heightened risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), an irreversible condition that leads to dementia. But not every case of cognitive decline ...
May 5, 2023
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Padded helmet cover shows little protection for football players
As a former football player at Aptos High School in California and Princeton University, David Camarillo, Ph.D., an associate professor of bioengineering, experienced migraines from the head-banging the sport is known for.
Mar 31, 2023
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Neuroscience
Age of first exposure to tackle football and years played associated with less white matter in brain
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is not the only problem football players should be aware of. Long careers in American football are linked to less white matter in the brain and associated with problems with impulsive ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Neuroscience
In autopsy study, over 90% of former NFL players showed signs of brain disease CTE
Many football fans fondly remember Rick Arrington as the Philadelphia Eagles' quarterback from 1970 to 1973, but his daughter's memories are tainted by years spent watching her dad suffer from late-stage chronic traumatic ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Neuroscience
Update on CTE study discovers brain disease in 92% of ex-NFL players analyzed
Researchers at Boston University found CTE in 92% of former NFL players who were analyzed, the institution said in an update of its study.
Feb 8, 2023
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Health
Lower risk of alcohol disorders in top soccer players but only from 1960s onwards
Elite male soccer players have a lower risk of alcohol- and drug-related disorders than men from the general population, but this protective effect was seen only for those who first played in the 1960s and later, not for ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Do former football players age faster?
Former professional football players—particularly linemen—are more likely than nonplayers with similar demographic characteristics to develop diseases typically associated with advanced age when significantly younger, ...
Dec 8, 2022
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Male professional footballers' hamstring injuries and off days has doubled over the past 20 years
The proportion of hamstring injuries and associated days away from match play among male professional European footballers has doubled over the past 20 years, finds research published online in the British Journal of Sports ...
Dec 6, 2022
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Neuroscience
Brain waves could help guide concussion diagnosis, treatment
A particular brain wave may help diagnose concussions in high school football players and predict when it's safe for them to return to play, new research suggests.
Oct 27, 2022
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