brain injury

New research finds that heading the soccer ball may be riskier for women than men

November 26, 2017Health

They “found that women tended to have damage to a greater part of their brain and to more discrete areas of the brain than the men who headed the ball the same amount.”

Watch the soccer injury that might change the rules of the game

November 5, 2013Sports

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