The Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Care Center in Silver Spring, Md., released a 26-page guide this week which seeks to offer practical advice on how to recognize the signs and symptoms of a concussion, and well as information on treatment and recovery. The Parent’s Guide to Returning Your Child to School After a Concussion also…
ReadFor parents, the recent heightened attention on concussions are a little bit more scary than the average person. Most non-athletes assume they can prevent head injuries, except in cases where you can’t control it like a car crash. Parents on the other hand, worry about protecting the minds of their children who are at a…
ReadIt is important to be concerned about your child’s health, and to take possible concussions seriously, but it appears sometimes being anxious about your child’s well being can cause doctors to order unneeded scans and testing that waste money and other limited resources, as well as possibly exposing children to unnecessary radiation. Researchers from Japan…
ReadThe long-term link between repeated brain injuries and anxiety, depression, and behavioral problems is well established, but it appears children with sports-related concussions don’t have to grow up to deal with these types of issues in the months after their injury. The study was lead by Ivet Hartonian, MD, from UCLA, who presented it at…
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