Posts Tagged ‘football and concussions’
By Paul Stone On March 19th, 2019
Nearly 2 million American children and teenagers were treated for traumatic brain injuries and concussions in emergency rooms between 2010 and 2016, according to a new Centers for Disease Control…
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By Paul Stone On January 24th, 2019
According to new figures released by the NFL, the number of concussions on the league dropped nearly 25% throughout the last season.
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By Paul Stone On January 8th, 2019
New research suggests that young football players are even more likely to experience brain injuries than previously believed. According to the report published recently in The Journal of Pediatrics, football…
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By Paul Stone On November 19th, 2018
For once, the National Football League is being celebrated for taking an active stance to advance concussion research after it was announced the league would be awarding more than $35…
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By Paul Stone On October 18th, 2018
In light of the growing concern about concussions and their long-term risks for developing CTE, the nation’s largest youth football organization has taken a number of steps to reduce the…
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By Paul Stone On October 12th, 2018
When 16-year-old Dylan Thomas died last month following a scary set of events beginning with the young athlete collapsing on the field, it was assumed he died from issues related…
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By Paul Stone On October 4th, 2018
Experts and sports organizations have been looking everywhere for a way to significantly decrease the number of concussions in football, to little success. However, a small change to how Ivy…
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By Paul Stone On September 13th, 2018
On September 12, 2015, 12-year-old James Ransom experienced a seemingly minor concussion in a youth football game. Just over a year later, Ransom would take his life at the young…
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By Paul Stone On September 6th, 2018
Over the past decade, every state in America has enacted some form of a concussion protocol to protect young athletes from the more severe long-term effects of repeated brain trauma.…
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By Paul Stone On August 21st, 2018
Between several studies, stories from the locker room, and what we witness every week in football, it is obvious that many concussed athletes wind up going back onto the field…
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