Frequent soccer ball 'heading' may lead to brain injury

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/aeco-fsb061013.php

Public release date: 11-Jun-2013
Contact: Kim Newman
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

June 11, 2013 -- (BRONX, NY) — Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown that soccer players who frequently head the ball have brain abnormalities resembling those found in patients with concussion (mild traumatic brain injury). The study, which used advanced imaging techniques and cognitive tests that assessed memory, published online today in the journal Radiology.

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