The NFLs Dirty Little Secret–Early Onset Alzheimer’s at a Young Age
Should the families of football players at the high school, college, and professional level be worried about Alzheimer’s and dementia.Yesterday I wrote about a new report that indicated retired National Football League players suffer from early onset Alzheimer’s and dementia at an alarming rate.A study commissioned by the National Football League found that Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment is appearing in the league’s former players at an alarming rate — 19 times the normal rate for men ages 30 through 49.The study was conducted for the National Football League (NFL) by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research.The Michigan researchers found that 6.1 percent of players age 50 and above reported that they had received a dementia-related diagnosis, fi…
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