Our New Life Expectancy and Dementia Rated Higher for Professional Athletes

From Denny: According to the folks who keep tabs on this kind of thing, babies born today are expected to live to be 100 years old if they come from a developed country. Sounds good to have some positive news of late!

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And did you see this about dementia for professional football players is far higher than the regular population? Pretty frightening stats and a real deal breaker for mothers allowing their sons to go into athletics for college. Scientists are now discovering that head trauma is related to severe depression and dementia. I had no idea our athletes suffered from these problems though I often wondered about the long term effects of concussions:

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