A study finds no evidence the high dementia risk for footballers is linked to health and lifestyle factors, increasing the likelihood that heading footballs has caused brain injuries.

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Heading in football: Dementia risk 'not linked to players' lifestyles'

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Alzheimer’s Research UK has warned the ‘crisis will only worsen’ unless the Government takes action.

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Evgeny Lebedev

London

Greater London

England

Dementia remains UK’s leading cause of death, analysis finds

Ex professional footballers don't have higher rates of dementia because of ‘lifestyle factors,' it's about performing 80,000 headers in their career, a new study claims

Daily Mirror

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Ex-pro footballers do not have higher dementia rates because of dodgy lifestyles

Higher rates of dementia among former professional footballers are not driven by “lifestyle factors” such as smoking or obesity, a study has found.

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Shropshire

Ex-footballers’ higher dementia rates not driven by ‘lifestyle factors’ – study

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Carron Greig

Findings by a Glasgow Uni boffin has shed more light on the potential reasons why former ex-pro footballers experience higher risk of dementia.

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Glasgow

Glasgow City

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No evidence high dementia risk among ex-pro players driven by lifestyle factors

The FIELD study at the University of Glasgow is investigating potential links between dementia and head impacts in sport.

Chronicle Live

Newcastle upon Tyne

Tyne and Wear

Footballers' higher dementia risk not due to 'lifestyle', study finds

Higher rates of dementia among former professional footballers are not driven by “lifestyle factors” such as smoking or obesity, a study has found

The Herald Scotland

Gannett

Higher dementia rates in footballers not caused by 'lifestyle factors' study finds

A new study has found no evidence that common modifiable health and lifestyle risk factors are responsible for the elevated dementia risk observed among former professional soccer players.

Medical Xpress

Study finds no evidence high dementia risk among former professional soccer players is driven by lifestyle factors

Picture by Irene Marie Dorey. (CC0 Public Domain) Dementia was the leading cause of death in the UK in 2023, according to analysis. The “crisis will only worsen” because of the ageing population, Alzheimer’s Research UK warned, unless the Government takes action. It added that the upcoming 10-Year Health Plan should be used to “future-proof” NHS dementia services so the condition “doesn’t remain a death sentence”. Research by Alzheimer’s Researc…

Heading in football: Dementia risk 'not linked to players' lifestyles'

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