Is the National Football League our best hope for Alzheimer’s progress?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 04, 2013
More than 110 million Americans watched yesterday’s Super Bowl in New Orleans. It’s not too hard to see why the game has become our nation’s defining cultural ritual. The National Football...
Are you ready for some (neurodegenerative disease inducing) football?
By
John O'Connor
Sep 07, 2012
Football has become our national sport. This wonderful, tough game has been turning boys into men for generations. But it may also be turning men into nursing home residents way before their time.
NFL union rejects long-term care proposal for players
Nov 15, 2010
The National Football League Players Association, the union representing NFL players, rejected a proposal for long-term care insurance because the policy’s pre-existing conditions clause would exclude...