What can you do to protect, identify and treat a concussion? Scientist Julie Stamm, author of the book “The Brain on Youth Sports,” offers five tips to raise awareness.
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What can you do to protect, identify and treat a concussion? Scientist Julie Stamm, author of the book “The Brain on Youth Sports,” offers five tips to raise awareness.
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When Jackie Hughes suffered yet another concussion in a Muay Thai bout, she started rethinking the risks. It led her to a new combat sport she says is safer and allows her to take on — and beat — the men.
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Two head injuries suffered by quarterback Tua Tagovailoa this year have put the spotlight on concussions.
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While much of the inquiry into concussions and repeated head trauma in sport will focus on professional players and leagues, local teams and young players should also look out for the findings.
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A series of neurological tests led specialists to conclude that repeated head knocks affected how the otherwise healthy 30-year-old went about her everyday life.
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Lying in a dark room after a mild concussion was a welcome break – and something we should all probably be doing.
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Brain injuries have overtaken a broken nose, jaw and fractured ankles as the most common injury requiring hospital admission among league and union players.
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New research points to small, repetitive blows damaging rugby players’ brains, but boxing established this decades ago
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Women and girls face double the risk of concussion and developing brain injuries from playing sport, but the issue is largely being ignored, MPs have been told.
Dr Willie Stewart, a consultant neuropathologist at the University of Glasgow and a leading researcher into brain injuries in sport, said he had growing concerns over the potential long-term consequences for women and called for urgent research.
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People with a history of concussion are more than twice as likely to develop a neurological disease, according to a new study that gathered the largest ever data set on the syndrome in the UK
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The brains of college football players showed signs of “fraying” after a season of play.
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Usually people recover from concussions in a few days, or weeks at most. But 1-10% will still have symptoms three months later.
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The neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy can start early and without any signs of concussion, according a study released Thursday.
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Athletes with concussions are told to give up activity, screens and school for weeks. Now experts think a little more activity helps the brain heal.
The brain benefits from movement and exercise after concussion. It may not be such a good idea to follow medical advice advocating rest and giving up activities!
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Kiwi scientists have published another study exploring links between concussions suffered while playing rugby and long-term impacts on brain function. - New Zealand Herald
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New research is shedding light on just what happens inside the brain during blows to the head.
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A simple blood test or scan could give a definitive all-clear for concussed players to return to the field without risking permanent injury from another hit.
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'Concussion test lets brain-damaged stars like George North play on': Former World Rugby medical advisor fears for players' safety - New Zealand Herald
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Young people who had been hit in the head had heightened risks for physical and psychological difficulties as adults, though most were fine.
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• Greg Smith is director of Wintec's centre for sport science and human performance director. He played hooker for the Chiefs, has coached Waikato and played test rugby for Fiji - The Country
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School and community sports coaches' lack of knowledge about concussion leaves players vulnerable on the pitch.
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The 2016 State of Origin rugby league competition is over for another year and the focus has shifted to off-field events with claims for compensation for brain injury.
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The sordid corruption that has been exposed within Fifa and the International Association of Athletics Federations is deeply depressing. Yet a far less publicised but more pernicious - New Zealand Herald
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Scans find lingering damage in white matter even when high school and college football players feel they’ve recovered from their injury.
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When it comes to traumatic brain injury, professional hockey cares more for the product than the players