Football Head Trauma Linked Again to Long-Term Brain Damage

MONDAY, Aug. 5, 2019 -- Just how dangerous is American football?

Pretty dangerous, a new analysis claims.

A Health Home Run: Pro Baseball Players Live Longer, Healthier Lives

TUESDAY, July 23, 2019 -- It can look like a less strenuous sport than football or soccer, but professional baseball players might be the healthiest athletes out there, a new study finds.

Athletes in Major League Baseball (MLB) tend to live about 24% longer than the average American guy, according to a century's worth of mortality rates among nearly 10,500 pro baseball players.

No Amount of Running Is Too Hard on Your Heart

THURSDAY, July 11, 2019 -- Ultramarathons are grueling races that typically range anywhere from 30 to 100 miles, but new research suggests that even these distances don't tax the heart unduly.

"The good news is that while experienced runners pushed their heart limits during the ultramarathon, they did not show evidence of cardiac risk assessed through elevated biomarkers [such as cortisol levels]," said co-lead investigator Rodrigo Hohl. He's a professor from the department of physiology at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in Brazil.

Concussion Recovery Isn't the Same for Every Football Player

WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2019 -- Certain high school and college athletes require a longer-than-normal recovery period after a concussion. Researchers say blood tests can predict which ones.

"With so many people sustaining concussions and a sizable number of them having prolonged symptoms and recovery, any tools we can develop to help determine who would be at greater risk of problems would be very beneficial, so these results are a crucial first step," said study author Timothy Meier, of the Medical College of Wisconsin, in Milwaukee.