Just four per cent of talented teen academy prospects make it to the top tier of professional football, a new study has shown. A sample of nearly 200 players, aged between 13-18, also revealed only six per cent of the budding ballers even go on to play in lower leagues.

According to a new study published in the medical journal Pediatrics, doctors believe there may be a connection between teens with hypertension (high blood pressure) and a lack of quality sleep. The major risk factors for hypertension in kids and teens typically include being overweight, not getting enough physical activity, and a poor diet. However, not getting enough sleep has also been linked to numerous heart problems, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart attack, obesity, diabetes, and stroke. Dr. Amy Kogon, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, says health officials typically focus on diet and exercise but rarely consider how sleep might play a role in a teen’s cardiovascular health. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 in 7 young people ages 12 to 19 have hypertension, and nearly 60 percent of middle school students and more than 70 percent of high school students aren’t getting enough sleep.

New research, co-authored by scientists at the National Institutes of Health, discovered that a “small but detectable quantity” of the infectious H5N1 bird flu virus can survive a common pasteurization process for milk. Most positive results were found in raw milk samples that were heavily contaminated with the virus. However, health officials have not detected any infectious virus in supermarket milk samples. Authorities are urging states to limit the sale of raw milk to prevent the spread of the virus and are advising consumers to avoid drinking raw milk.