Study: Football does not leave a negative impact on the brain

A new study finds playing high school football does not cause issues with cognitive impairment or depression later in life.Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania studied more than 3,900 men who played football in 1957 and compared them to men who did not play the sport.They found rates of impairment and depression were similar in both groups at 65 and 72 years of age.Previous research of "professional" football players has shown the sport can increase the risk of cognitive problems and de