While earlier research has looked at adverse effects on the brain related to soccer heading at a single point in time, this study examined brain changes over two years. The study involved 148 ...

Heading a football has been linked to a “measurable” decline in the microstructure and function of the brain over a two-year period. A new study examined 148 young adult amateur football ...

The rules are being introduced following research that showed former footballers were three-and-a-half times more likely to die from brain disease. There are growing fears that regular heading of ...

keele.ac.uk After fevered media coverage of a possible link between football (soccer) heading and long-term damage to the brain, 2016 saw the Professional Footballers’ Association call for a review of ...