In order to improve treatment strategies for common conditions among former football players, the Football Players Health Study—led by a team of Harvard researchers — launched a smartphone app, TeamStudy. The app has two tracks, a survey of former NFL players to determine the health issues of greatest concern, and a simultaneous effort to find ways of addressing those issues. Alvaro Pascual-Leone (Beth Israel Deaconess) is quoted. Download the app here.
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