A week ago, 16-year-old Dylan Thomas had a bright future ahead of him. He did well in school, had plenty of friends, and was the “heart and soul” of his football team, the Pike County High School Pirates. All of that changed in a matter of moments Friday night when the Georgia high school football…
ReadAs we learn more about the long-term risks associated with football and repeated concussions, many have begun to question whether the sport is still safe enough to allow in schools. The question is at the center of a discussion recently published in the medical journal Pediatrics, where experts and physicians from several institutions debated both…
ReadYoung football players are more likely to return to athletics less than a day after experiencing a concussion compared to those in high school or college-level athletics, according to a study published recently in JAMA Pediatrics. Younger athletes are at higher risk for concussions with longer recovery times and more severe symptoms, but the new…
ReadAge is widely accepted as a major factor predicting how long a person will take to recover from a concussion. However, in a recent study comparing high school and college-age athletes, age was not linked to any significant difference in concussion recovery time. According to the researcher’s report in the Journal of Athletic Training, a…
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