INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Young football players may be at elevated risk for stroke, U.S. researchers suggest.
Dr. Jared R. Brosch and Dr. Meredith R. Golomb of Indiana University School of Medicine looked at case studies of teen football players who suffered a stroke and found some potential causes for strokes in young football athletes, including increased hyperventilation, repeated neurological injury, use of anabolic steroids, use of highly caffeinated energy drinks and increased obesity among young players.