Concussions remain a pressing concern in sports, affecting individuals of all ages and skill levels. Today on Living808, Dr. Jennifer King, a pediatric sports medicine expert from Kapiolani Medical ...

Those two little words mark the biggest and most important change in high school athletics in recent years. Awareness of and the prevention and treatment of traumatic brain injuries have become a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Banning or limiting headers -- plays where the head is used to pass or shoot the ball -- is linked to a nearly 26% reduction in ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Traumatic brain injuries (TBI), or concussions, are very common among athletes, especially ones who play contact sports like football, hockey, or soccer. In 2022, ...

From breaking news to special features, we're on it! Join the NonStop Local Chord group and always be in the know. Girls playing soccer suffer more frequent concussions than boys TUESDAY, March 11, ...

Each year, about two million children, many while playing organized sports, suffer concussions. But, according to concussions researcher Jaclyn Stephens, an occupational therapist and associate ...

September 2, 2010 — A new guidance document for the management of pediatric concussions recommends a more conservative approach to return to play policies for younger children with sports-related ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Traumatic brain injuries, or concussions, are very common among athletes, especially ones who play contact sports like football, hockey or soccer. In 2022, over 2 ...

Injuries can be iced, taped, braced or stitched back together. Isn't that the first thing we're taught in sports? Injuries are for the weak. They're a test of desire and character. How many times have ...

Teenager Alannah Green loves footy. She is fast and good. But during a game in 2024 she was “sling tackled” to the ground. ‘ ...

The path to Driscoll Children’s Hospital’s new concussion program didn’t begin in a hospital or a classroom, but in the community it serves. At a conference, Eleanor Shaw, daughter of local Toyota ...