• Four-fold risk of Alzheimer’s and motor neurone disease
Former professional footballers are three and a half times more likely to suffer from dementia and other serious neurological diseases, a landmark study has found, confirming a long-suspected link between the sport and brain damage.
A 22-month research project by the University of Glasgow’s Brain Injury Group also discovered there was a five-fold increase in the risk of Alzheimer’s, a four-fold increase in motor neurone disease and a two-fold increase in Parkinson’s.
Written by Sean Ingle
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/21/landmark-study-reveals-link-between-football-dementia under the title “Landmark study reveals link between football and dementia”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
