Boston.com | Debates over the safety of football have gone on for decades. But a recent study reveals that playing America’s most popular sport could harm you for years to come. Read more.
Boston Herald | Just as football season kicks off, a new study shows that playing tackle football might raise the risk for Parkinson’s disease. Researchers from the BU CTE Center found that people with a history of playing organized tackle football had a 61% increased chance of having a reported diagnosis for Parkinson’s disease or […]
BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | Identification of risk factors for Parkinson’s disease (PD) is essential for early diagnosis. Dating back to the 1920s, Parkinson’s disease and parkinsonism—an umbrella term that refers to motor symptoms found in Parkinson’s disease and also other conditions—have long been described in boxers. Read more.
Neuroscience News | Summary: Researchers identified a potential link between playing tackle football and an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease (PD). In a study using a large online dataset, participants with a history of playing organized tackle football showed a 61% heightened odds of PD diagnosis. Read more.
HealthDay News | The link between pro football and the risk for a neurodegenerative disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is well known, and now a new study suggests that football may also up the risk for Parkinson’s disease, even among past high school and college players. Read more.
UPI | Playing football may increase the risk for Parkinson’s disease — and that risk rises with more years of participation, even among high school and college athletes, a new study finds. Read more.
CNN | Playing football might increase the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease, new findings from the Boston University CTE Center suggest. Read more.
The Brink | Boston University | Watching Muhammad Ali struggle late in his life with severe tremors brought on by Parkinson’s disease was difficult for many to witness. When Ali learned the actor Michael J. Fox was also diagnosed with Parkinson’s, he called Fox to say, “I’m glad you’re in this fight with me.” Read more.
National Geographic | For the past six years, the middleweight boxer Austin ‘No Doubt’ Trout has traveled annually to the Cleveland Clinic for a battery of tests—MRIs, memory and balance assessments, and bloodwork—all conducted as part of the Professional Athletes Brain Health Study. Read more.
Health & Veritas Podcast | Howie and Harlan are joined by Michael Alosco, co-director of Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, to discuss the consequences of years of hits to the head for football players and other athletes. Harlan reports on research that clarifies how to treat high cholesterol; Howie discusses a judge’s ruling striking […]