Soccer players may injure brains when 'heading' ball, study says
Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 23:00
in Health & Medicine
Scans of 12 pros show damage resembling that of patients with mild traumatic brain injury, scientists say. But it's not certain that heading caused the damage.Soccer players who repeatedly strike the ball with their heads may be causing measurable damage to their brains, even if they never suffer a concussion, according to a study published Tuesday by the Journal of the American Medical Assn.