Objectives To assess whether male elite football players are at increased risk of alcohol
related disorders compared with men from the general population, and whether such an …

Introduction: The effect of a history of competitive sports on later use of alcohol and
occurrence of alcohol-related diseases is poorly known. We investigated how a history of …

Background Sportspeople are more prone to binge drink than their peers. Aims We aimed to
assess alcohol consumption, harms and behaviours in an elite Irish sporting population …

Objectives: To examine self‐reported patterns of alcohol consumption and experience of
alcohol‐related harms among professional Australian Football League (AFL) players …

The study, which used Sweden's national health records, reported that football players had a
1.6%(95% confidence interval 1.47 to 1.78) higher risk of Alzheimer's disease and other …

Background The objective of this study was to establish baseline data on alcohol
consumption patterns, behaviours and harms among amateur sportsmen in the Republic of …

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It's the same scaremongering storyline that is peddled for medical education and the drug
industry—and one that I hope the medical profession will put to the test before too long. As …

Objective To assess whether male elite football players, during and after their active career,
were at increased risk of depression and anxiety-related disorders and suicide, as …

Background Football (soccer) players might be at increased risk of neurodegenerative
disease, which has led to questions regarding the safety of the sport and recent measures …