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FILE: Although footballers had a higher risk of death from neurodegenerative disease, they were less likely to die of other common diseases, such as heart disease and some cancers, including lung cancer. Picture: sxc.hu.

Football

Study finds footballers 3.5 times more likely to die from brain trauma

By AFP

Their records were matched against more than 23,000 individuals from the general population, with the study led by consultant neuropathologist Dr Willie Stewart of Glasgow University.

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