{"id":137223,"date":"2022-10-05T09:59:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T04:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/rugby-players-twice-as-likely-to-get-dementia-because-of-blows-to-head-researchers-say\/"},"modified":"2022-10-05T10:02:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T04:32:24","slug":"researchers-say-rugby-players-are-twice-as-likely-to-develop-dementia-from-blows-to-the-head-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/researchers-say-rugby-players-are-twice-as-likely-to-develop-dementia-from-blows-to-the-head-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Researchers say rugby players are twice as likely to develop dementia from blows to the head."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Research shows that RUGBY players are twice more likely to develop dementia due to their frequent head bangs.<\/p>\n
Although ex-internationals lived longer lives than the average, rates of the condition were 2.2x higher than those in non-players.<\/p>\n