Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Playing professional football may shorten players' lives

Several recent studies have concluded that professional football players tend to live longer than other "American men in general." This research implies that the benefits of professional football, including physical fitness ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Playing football may increase the risk for Parkinson's disease

Identification of risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential for early diagnosis. Dating back to the 1920s, Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism—an umbrella term that refers to motor symptoms found in Parkinson's ...

Neuroscience

More head impacts increase risk for death in NFL players

An increase in repetitive head impacts is associated with an increased hazard of death among National Football League (NFL) players, according to a study published online May 11 in JAMA Network Open.

Neuroscience

CTE risk, severity increases with years playing American football

The risk and severity of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increases with the number of years playing American football according to a new study that appears online in Annals of Neurology. These findings reaffirm ...

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Study analyzes mortality risks among pro athletes

Professional football players appear to have a somewhat elevated risk of death, including higher risk of succumbing to cardiac and neurodegenerative diseases, compared with professional baseball players of similar age, according ...

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