Posts Tagged ‘sports-related concussion’
By Paul Stone On September 9th, 2013
The college and professional football seasons are now underway, and with them the debate about concussion safety and treatment in sports returns to the forefront of many peoples’ minds. President…
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By Paul Stone On August 30th, 2013
Parents may be more aware of the danger of concussions when playing football, but it doesn’t seem to be keeping them from letting their children play, according to Kavita Varma-White…
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By Paul Stone On August 29th, 2013
From the beginning of the NFL’s concussion litigation woes, there were many who proclaimed the lawsuits brought by 4,500 former players over brain injuries would never see a courtroom. It…
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By Paul Stone On August 27th, 2013
In the United States, a young athlete is sent to an emergency room for a severe sports injury every 25 seconds. The research studied injuries across the 14 most popular…
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By Paul Stone On June 11th, 2013
Dr. Michael Lipton, associate director of Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, isn’t the first doctor to suggest that repeated “heading” of a soccer ball…
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