Posts Tagged ‘teen brain injury’
By Paul Stone On December 6th, 2016
As 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…
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By Paul Stone On November 3rd, 2014
You might expect the collision that puts a football player in critical condition to be something remarkable or notable, but those watching Mississippi senior Peyton Flowers play last week don’t remember anything out of the ordinary before Flowers asked to be taken off the field to sit out a few plays in the third quarter.…
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By Paul Stone On September 30th, 2014
Teenagers who have experienced a traumatic brain injury in their lifetime are significantly more likely to exhibit harmful behavior according to a new study published in the online journal PLoS ONE. The findings say this is especially true for girls. The researchers analyzed responses from 9,288 Ontario students between Grades 7 and 12 about 13…
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