BALTIMORE, May 27 (UPI) -- The cardiovascular disease risk factors of about 500 National Football League players are similar to men in the general population, U.S. researchers said.
HOUSTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair has donated $500,000 to the NFL/NFL Players Association Disaster Relief Fund and the fund has matched the donation.
BOSTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A dozen athletes, including six retired NFL players, will donate their brains to science when they die so U.S. researchers can study the effects of concussions.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Washington Redskin Dexter Manley says he and dozens of retired NFL players are being screened for several health-related issues.
CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Retired National Football League players were screened for prostate cancer as part of Hall of Fame activities in Canton, Ohio.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- NFL team owners meeting in Philadelphia voted to provide $10 million in additional funding for retired players to pay for medical assistance.
WASHINGTON, June 27 (UPI) -- A number of former NFL player say they have been forgotten by the league after they retired.
WASHINGTON, May 31 (UPI) -- A group of 35 former NFL players have filed for monetary assistance to fight symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., May 31 (UPI) -- A University of North Carolina study reported a correlation between concussions sustained by NFL players and diagnosed depression later in life.
ORLANDO, Fla., March 28 (UPI) -- An NFL competition committee proposal to shorten players' performance art in the end zone after scoring has the support of the NFL Players Association.
