Heading the ball can cause dementia, a new study has found – so should we ban heading the ball?
A new study has found there is no evidence that the high dementia risk among footballers is linked to health and lifestyle factors.Lunchtime Live
“So, for instance, we find that the dementia risk was just over three times higher than it should be. “So healthy men, but with a high risk of dementia - it brings us back to something in the sport as a problem for footballers and in that we're talking about heading.”Prof Stewart said the longer you play football and depending on the position you played; you were more likely to have a higher risk of head injury and head impacts.
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