Science news articles about 'former nfl players'

Space tourist and former NFL player create sports for space.

... ) announced today that a recently deceased member of the NFL Hall of Fame suffered from the degenerative brain ... when he died, becoming the 10th former NFL player diagnosed with the disease. Last week, ...

BOSTON (AP) -- Sixteen athletes, including six former NFL players, have agreed to donate their brains to a program that will study the long-term effects of concussions, a founder of an ...

... controls; 4.6 percent of former NFL players had diabetes compared to 17 percent ... percent) than the controls. When researchers compared the former NFL players CAC scores to controls, they found little ...

... died in 2007 at the age of 24, is the only former NFL player to be examined neuropathologically and not have CTE. Chris ... new donors include three members of the NFL's 88 Plan, joining Ralph Wenzel, ...

Researchers examining brains of six deceased former NFL players find similar degeneration. All suffered emotional problems after their playing days, often culminating in drug ...