Footballers at higher risk of dementia
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Players had an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. But goalkeepers were saved from the neurological disorders, the research suggests. Elite footballers are more likely to develop dementia than the rest of the population, a new study suggested. Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden found footballers were 1.5 times more likely to get Alzheimer's disease and other dementias than the control group.