60 Minutes A Blow To The Brain -- This is Your Brain on Football (Video and Text)

60 Minutes A Blow To The Brain -- This is Your Brain on Football (Video and Text)


A recent Harris Interactive poll found that more than 100 million Americans have been touched by Alzheimer's. The same poll found that more than 33 million Americans fear Alzheimer's.

A week ago I wrote this article -- The NFLs Dirty Little Secret--Early Onset Alzheimer's at a Young Age.
In that research study researchers found that 6.1 percent of players age 50 and above reported that they had received a dementia-related diagnosis, five times higher than the national average, 1.2 percent.
Now this 60 minutes report -- A Blow To The Brain -- indicates that head trauma can lead to dementia.

Parents, friends, and family of football players might want to take a good hard look at these findings. They might also want to learn more about Alzheimer's and dementia.