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Soccer headers may hurt women’s brains more than men’s
« on: August 01, 2018, 08:04:46 am »

Soccer headers may hurt women’s brains more than men’s
MRI scans show signs of white matter damage for both sexes
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Laura Sanders
10:00am, July 31, 2018


HEADS UP  A head-to-head comparison finds that heading a soccer ball may damage white matter in women’s brains more than men’s.

Heading soccer balls may have high stakes for women’s brains, a study of amateur soccer players suggests.

Among amateur players who headed a similar number of balls, women had more signs of microscopic damage in their brains’ white matter than men, scientists report July 31 in Radiology.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/soccer-headers-may-hurt-female-brains-more-male
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Re: Soccer headers may hurt women’s brains more than men’s
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2018, 09:11:38 am »
Keep Our Own Kids Safe was right after all.
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Re: Soccer headers may hurt women’s brains more than men’s
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2018, 12:11:27 pm »
Makes sense.  Women always complain that men have such "thick" skulls.
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