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Tackle football before age 12 may boost risks of cognitive, mood disorders (Ars Technica):
“Taking hard knocks early in life could shove football players toward neurological problems later, a new study suggests.
Among 214 former amateur and professional male football players, those who started playing early—particularly before the age of 12—had greater risks of reporting depression and impaired behavioral regulation and executive function around their 50s, researchers found [Read more…] about Playing American football before age 12 is linked to long-term neuropsychiatric and cognitive problems