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Study finds ex-rugby internationals' risk of neurodegenerative diseases is between two and 15 times higher than the public's

Researchers have called for strategies and action on head impact and traumatic brain injury across all sports after the release of a Scottish study showing elevated risk of various brain diseases for former rugby union internationals.

The study — published online in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, used 32 years' worth of public health data to track the health and survival of 412 former Scottish men's international rugby union players, matched for age, sex and socio-economic status with 1,236 members of the public.

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