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Tag Archives: Football Association (FA)
Football and Dementia Risk: Mortality From Neurodegenerative Disease Higher in Former Professional Soccer Players (BBC News / Drake Foundation / NEJM / Bazian)
Summary The Football’s InfluencE on Lifelong health and Dementia risk (FIELD) study, based at Glasgow University and supported by The Football Association and The Professional Footballers’ Association, found that former Scottish professional football players tend to be over 3.5 times more … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, National, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Parkinson's Disease, Quick Insights, Scotland, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Alan Shearer, Bazian, BBC Health News, BBC Sport, Behind the Headlines, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Concussion Action Programme, Dementia in Retired Association Football (Soccer) Players, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Department of Neuropathology: Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (Glasgow), Drake Foundation, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Football Association, Football Association (FA), Football Brain Injury Research, Football Headers, Football’s InfluencE on Lifelong health and Dementia risk (FIELD) Study, Former Professional Soccer Players, Giffnock Soccer Centre, Glasgow Brain Injury Research Group, Glasgow University, Hampden Sports Clinic: Hampden Stadium (Glasgow), Heading Footballs Associated With Dementia / CTE: a New Category of Industrial Injury?, Heading Heavy Leather Footballs, HEADING Study (Health and Ageing Data IN the Game of football), Heading the Ball, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences: University of Glasgow, Institute of Health and Wellbeing: University of Glasgow, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology: University of Glasgow, Iwan Roberts: Former Wales and Norwich City Footballer, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Modifiable Risk Factors, Neurodegenerative Disease Mortality in Former Professional Soccer Players, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurodegenerative Research, Neuropathology, New England Journal of Medicine, Norwich City, Professional Footballers, Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (Glasgow), Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (rTBI), Retired Soccer Players With Dementia, SCORES Project, SCORES Study: Screening Cognitive Outcomes After REpetitive Head Impact in Sport, Scottish Football Association, Scottish Football Association (Proposed Ban on Under-12s Heading Balls in Football Training), Soccer Heading, Sports Medicine, Sub-Concussive Head Impacts, Traumatic Brain Injury, University of East Anglia (UEA), University of East Anglia (UEA) Health and Social Care Partners, University of Glasgow
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Heading Footballs Associated With Dementia / CTE ? (BBC News / Acta Neuropathologica / NHS Choices)
Summary Further evidence has emerged concerning a potential association between the practice of heading footballs and a heightened risk of long-term brain damage. This research is based on examination of the brains of small numbers of (mostly) professional footballers who … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Diagnosis, For Researchers (mostly), In the News, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged 1946 Birth Cohort, Acta Neuropathologica, Alan Shearer, BBC Health News, BBC Tayside and Central Scotland, Behind the Headlines, Blood Organ and Tissue Donation, Brain Bank Network (MRC), Brain Banking, Brain Donations, Cardiff University, CBD Solutions, Cefn Coed Hospital (Swansea), Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Critical Appraisals, Dementia in Retired Association Football (Soccer) Players, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Prevention, Dementia Risk Reduction, Department of Cellular Pathology: Cardiff University, Department of Clinical Neuroscience: UCL Institute of Neurology, Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Dr Charlotte Cowie: The Football Association (FA), Drake Foundation, Early-Onset Dementia, England’s 1966 World Cup Winning Team, Football Association, Football Association (FA), Football Brain Injury Research, Football Headers, Former Professional Soccer Players, Glasgow Brain Injury Research Group, Glasgow TBI Archive, Glasgow Traumatic Brain Injury Archive, Gordon Taylor: Professional Footballers' Association, Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board Bio-Repository, Heading Footballs Associated With Dementia / CTE: a New Category of Industrial Injury?, Heading Heavy Leather Footballs, Heading the Ball, Heading the Ball (Soccer / Soccer Practice), Institute of Occupational Medicine, Jeff Astle: Former England Professional Football Player, Lifestyle Risk Factors, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Medical Research Council (MRC), Medical Research Council (UK), Mixed Brain Pathologies in Dementia, Modifiable Risk Factors, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurodegenerative Research, Neuropathology, Post-Mortem Studies, Professional Footballers, Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), QSBB: Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders (UCL Institute of Neurology), Queen Mary University of London, Queen Square Brain Bank, Queen Square Brain Bank for Neurological Disorders, Queen's Square Brain Bank (London), Queens University Hospital Glasgow, Repetitive Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (rTBI), Reta Lila Weston Institute for Neurological Studies, Reta Lila Weston Institute for Neurological Studies: UCL Institute of Neurology, Retired Soccer Players With Dementia, Routine Soccer Heading, Scotland, Soccer Heading, Sports Medicine, Sub-Concussive Head Impacts, Traumatic Brain Injury, UCL Institute of Neurology, UK Brain Banks Network, University College London, West Bromwich Albion
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