Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Sporting organizations in England, Scotland and Ireland announced a new policy Monday that bars the practice of "heading" soccer balls by grade-school children during practice and training sessions.
The Football Associations of England, Scotland and Ireland handed down the ruling following a University of Glasgow study last fall that found professional soccer players were more than three times more likely to die of dementia and five times more likely to die from Parkinson's disease than the general population.