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Why sports stars who head the ball are much more likely to die of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and motor neurone disease.

Professional football players are at much greater risk of developing dementia.

What can we do to help them?

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260107-why-sports-stars-who-head-the-ball-are-much-more-likely-to-die-of-alzheimers-parkinsons-and-motor-neurone-disease?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Health #Sports #Neuroscience #Brain #Alzheimers #Parkinsons #MotorNeuroneDisease #Dementia #ChronicTraumaticEncephalopathy #CTE #Football #Boxing #NFL #Science

Why sports stars who head the ball are much more likely to die of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and motor neurone disease.

Professional football players are at much greater risk of developing dementia. What can we do to help them?

BBC

The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos Sep 28

A Stranger Shattered Their Lives. At First, They Didn’t Know Why.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/us/phillip-adams-cte.html

This is the same disgusting #NFL that couldn't care LESS about former footballers with #CTE*. The same footballers who made the NFL head honchos rich

#CTE, #ChronicTraumaticEncephalopathy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy/symptoms-causes/syc-20370921

#FuckTheNFL !

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy - Wikipedia

Global News Mar 28, 2024

Former Jets coach Bob Murdoch had CTE, family says
Bob Murdoch was the NHL's coach of the year in 1989-90 with the Jets, and won two Stanley Cups as a player with the Montreal Canadiens.
#globalnews #Sports #BobMurdoch #chronictraumaticencephalopathy #WinnipegJets
https://globalnews.ca/news/10389157/winnipeg-jets-coach-bob-murdoch-cte/

Former Jets coach Bob Murdoch had CTE, family says

Bob Murdoch was the NHL's coach of the year in 1989-90 with the Jets, and won two Stanley Cups as a player with the Montreal Canadiens.

Global News

Global News Winnipeg Mar 28, 2024

Former Jets coach Bob Murdoch had CTE, family says

Bob Murdoch was the NHL's coach of the year in 1989-90 with the Jets, and won two Stanley Cups as a player with the Montreal Canadiens.

Global News

DrBob, 🧠 Mechanic Mar 7, 2024

This is so sad, for everyone 😥

Profound Damage Found in Maine Gunman’s Brain, Possibly From Blasts

“A laboratory found a pattern of cell damage that has been seen in veterans exposed to weapons blasts, and said it probably played a role in symptoms the gunman displayed before the shooting.”

#Gun #guns #gunviolence #massshooting #TBI #CTE #tramaticbrainnjury #army #chronictraumaticencephalopathy
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/us/maine-shooting-brain-injury.html?unlocked_article_code=1.a00.GW6e.siaJfRkUcyBd&smid=url-share

Profound Damage Found in Maine Gunman’s Brain, Possibly From Blasts

A laboratory found a pattern of cell damage that has been seen in veterans exposed to weapons blasts, and said it probably played a role in symptoms the gunman displayed before the shooting.

The New York Times

wicket wolf Feb 5, 2024

knock knock…

new padding could make helmets, pads safer #SportsMedicine #concussion #ChronicTraumaticEncephalopathy https://techxplore.com/news/2024-02-kinds-padding-football-gear-bike.html

New kinds of padding could make football gear, bike helmets safer than ever

Football players (and anyone else who takes hard hits) may want to breathe a sigh of relief. In recent research, engineers at the University of Colorado of Boulder and Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new design for padding that can withstand big impacts. The team's innovations, which can be printed on commercially available 3D printers, could one day wind up in everything from shipping crates to football pads—anything that helps to protect fragile objects, or bodies, from the bumps of life.

Tech Xplore

wicket wolf Feb 3, 2024

knock knock…

Concussion in sport: Why making players sit out for 21 days afterwards is a good idea #sports #concussion #ChronicTraumaticEncephalopathy #SportsMedicine https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-02-concussion-sport-players-days-good.html

Concussion in sport: Why making players sit out for 21 days afterwards is a good idea

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) this week released new guidelines for youth and community sport designed to change the way concussion is managed across the country.

Medical Xpress

wicket wolf Jan 30, 2024

longer-term impact of sport-related brain injuries #SportsMedicine #concussion #TraumaticBrainInjury #ChronicTraumaticEncephalopathy https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-reveals-longer-term-impact-sport.html

Study reveals longer-term impact of sport-related brain injuries

Almost half of people who suffer a sports-related traumatic brain injury are still experiencing physical symptoms after six months, a new study by the University of Stirling has found.

Medical Xpress

wicket wolf Dec 22, 2023

knock knock…

Brain lesions in former football players linked to vascular, brain changes https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-12-brain-lesions-football-players-linked.html #ContactSports #concussion #CTE #ChronicTraumaticEncephalopathy

Brain lesions in former football players linked to vascular, brain changes

Signs of injury to the brain's white matter called white matter hyperintensities, as seen on brain scans, may be tied more strongly to vascular risk factors, brain shrinkage, and other markers of dementia in former tackle football players than in those who did not play football, according to a study published in Neurology.

Medical Xpress