Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre's recent Parkinson's diagnosis has reignited discussions about the potential long-term health risks associated with repeated head injuries sustained in contact sports like football. Research suggests a strong correlation between concussions and neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's.
Research suggests that concussions from football can raise the risk of Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases .. The hearing focused on a welfare scandal in Mississippi, but the subject of Favre’s health arose because he discussed losing an investment in a company that he believed was making a “breakthrough concussion drug.”
Sports that involve repetitive collisions — such as football, boxing and rugby — carry a risk of concussions and other head injuries. Hannah Bruce, an author of the 2023 study, said it can be difficult to determine what role, if any, football played in a case like Favre’s. Dr. Kevin Crutchfield, a neurologist at Hackensack Meridian Health, said doctors typically rule out other factors before linking Parkinson’s to football injuries. Crutchfield added that tens of thousands of men have played in the NFL and, to date, there’s no tidal wave of Parkinson’s diagnoses among them. But the disease isn’t always easy to diagnose, and symptoms do not necessarily develop soon after a head injury.
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