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NFL on the Brain: Football Players May Have a Higher Risk of Alzheimer’s and ALS (Yah

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Default NFL on the Brain: Football Players May Have a Higher Risk of Alzheimer’s and ALS (Yah

On the same day that the National Football League announced a $30 million donation to the National Institutes of Health for brain research, a study was released suggesting NFL players may be at higher risk of death from Alzheimer’s disease and ALS.

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