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Here is a link to the article about this rare occurrence.
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/...-dies-brain-haemorrhage-heading-football.html
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/...-dies-brain-haemorrhage-heading-football.html
This is a bit tangential, but information has been developing over the last few years to suggest that children should not be allowed to head soccer balls. Even under normal circumstances, it seems it can cause microscopic injuries to the brain. Who knew? Years ago, when soccer became popular for children in the US, it was partly because it was thought to be less "violent" than American football. Now we are seeing that, although it causes fewer joint injuries, it may cause subtle brain damage if the ball is repeatedly headed.
I don't know if it's true or not but I have read this potential elsewhere, in connection to "long term" ACT use. I've also read that blood vessels are weakened from long-term hypertension, diabetes, and other medical issues, etc.<Mr Belk, father of two grown-up children, had had a heart pacemaker fitted ten years earlier and was taking the blood-thinning agent Warfarin, which can lead to weakening of blood vessels in the head. >
...And since when did warfarin have the potential to weaken blood vessels in the head?
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