Football season is upon us. Unfortunately, sports — especially tackle football — are one of the most common causes of head injuries among children and adolescents. Head injury is an umbrella term that ...

Yesterday’s harrowing Four Corners episode exposed the devastating impacts of degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and the link with contact sports, primarily Australian ...

Dr. Josh Purses has treated youth sports concussions for years. His top piece of advice? Play it safe. "The No. 1 thing is to not return to play," Purses said in a phone call with The News Tribune on ...

The McCallum football team has chosen safety over style. That was the case when the Knights were introduced to a layer of soft padding outside their helmets in the spring. Not exactly a fashion ...

A new study finds that football helmets currently used on the field may do little to protect against hits to the side of the head, or rotational force, an often dangerous source of brain injury and ...

A concussion in football is a type of brain injury caused by a sudden impact or jolt to the head that disrupts normal brain function. The CDC defines a concussion as a type of traumatic brain injury ...

The AFL today announced important developments in relation to the return to play protocols in the concussion guidelines ...

Every soccer season, athletes like me are taught to watch for headaches, dizziness and blurred vision after a concussion. But no one has ever taught many of us that a concussion can also affect our ...

Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III being hit by Detroit Lions defensive end Corey Wootton on Aug. 20. Griffin left the game with a concussion and did not return. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington ...

Modding: “a modification made to a software application (such as a video game) by a user in order to change the way the application looks or functions.” (source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary) Then there ...

While concussions in football, soccer and hockey grab the headlines, a jarring fall or untimely hit to the head occur more often than you think. Even if you don’t play a sport, concussions can occur ...

About a half-dozen varsity players sustained concussions during the 2024 season, he said. Only one McCallum player has suffered a concussion this season, Gammerdinger said. NFL and NCAA football teams ...