chronic traumatic encephalopathy (cte), a degenerative brain disease, has been linked by medical researchers to the sort of hits football players endure.. february 2010  (19).
it causes stroke and dementia as well as mood disturbance. svd increases with age but is accelerated by hypertension and diabetes.. march 2006  (22).

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she died five days after she was admitted to altnagelvin hospital following a fall at home in which she sustained a broken hip.. january 2006  (14).

"we were quite surprised to find there were no significant differences," says study author