Former women players to join new research into dementia


FILE PHOTO: Football - Nationwide League Division One - Norwich City v Sheffield United - 31/1/04 Norwich's Iwan Roberts heads the ball Mandatory Credit : Action Images / Mick Walker

LONDON (Reuters) - Former female professional soccer players will be included for the first time in research into possible links between heading balls and dementia thanks to a new project launched on Tuesday.

Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) will carry out long-term cognitive tests on former men and women players to shed more light on the findings of a report by the University of Glasgow and Hampden Sports Clinic last year.

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