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Elite football players 'more likely to develop dementia'
Friday March 17th 2023
Elite male footballers are more likely to develop dementia than the general population, according to a Swedish study published today.
In their observational study, researchers at the Karolinska Institutet found they were 1.5 times more likely to develop a neurogenerative disease later in life.
This compares to a previous study in Scotland that suggested footballers were 3.5 times more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease.
Common cold boosts COVID-19 immunity in children
Thursday March 16th 2023
One of the coronaviruses that cause the common cold helps to boost children’s immunity against COVID-19, according to a new Swedish study. More
Malfunctioning immune cell linked to long COVID
Thursday March 16th 2023
The malfunctioning behaviour of an immune cell could be linked to specific symptoms of long COVID, opening the way to treatments, British researchers have reported. More