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FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2019, file image taken with a slow shutter speed a soccer player runs for the ball during the Euro 2020 group A qualifying soccer match in Prague, Czech Republic. A study, from the University of Glasgow and reported Monday, Oct. 21, in New England Journal of Medicine, of former professional soccer players in Scotland found that they were less likely to die of common causes such as heart disease and cancer compared with the general population but more likely to die from dementia. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
October 21, 2019 - 12:53 pm

Study raises fresh dementia concerns from playing pro soccer

LONDON (AP) — A study of former professional soccer players in Scotland finds that they were less likely to die of common causes such as heart disease and cancer compared with the general population but more likely to die from dementia. The results raise fresh concerns about head-related risks from...
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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2019 file photo, Todd Trent, an uncle to Tyler Trent, speaks during a funeral for Tyler in Indianapolis. Tyler Trent, an avid Purdue fan, died on New Year's Day, following a bout with bone cancer. Cells from the Purdue University super fan and cancer activist are being used by cancer researchers to study the disease. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, Pool File)
May 21, 2019 - 1:26 pm

Cells from Purdue super fan being used for cancer research

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Cells from Tyler Trent, the Purdue University super fan and cancer activist who died in January, are being used by cancer researchers to study the disease. The Purdue Center for Cancer Research says Tuesday it's honoring Trent's legacy through three new collaborative...
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