SEASON 4 EPISODE 16 | Protecting the Mind After the Game with BetterBrain

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of professional football on mental health and explores Alzheimer's and dementia prevention with insights from experts.

Eleven years of professional football leaves a mark and former defensive end Patrick Kerney has spent a lot of time thinking about what that mark might look like decades from now. In this episode, Anil sits down with Patrick and Tom Latkovic, co-founder of Better Brain, to talk about what the latest science says about Alzheimer's and dementia prevention, the risk factors we can actually control, and why veterans dealing with TBI are just as much a part of this conversation as former players. ...

People in this episode

Host: Anil

Guests: Patrick Kerney, Tom Latkovic

Topics covered

• Alzheimer's prevention
• dementia
• TBI
• veterans
• professional football
• mental health

Keywords

• Alzheimer's
• dementia
• TBI
• mental health
• football
• prevention
• veterans

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Better Brain

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