Tag Archives: football

Concussions in youth ice hockey are as common as in youth football and soccer, and often occur when players break the rules of the game, ...

A new strategy to prevent concussions on the football field that seems counterintuitive may actually work, a new study suggests. Instead of shielding the head ...

As the National Football League continues to struggle with the health risks posed by concussions, a new HealthDay/Harris Poll finds that vast majorities of Americans say football ...

Are you a student/athlete heading to college and hoping to steer clear of a sports injury? A new study suggests men should be careful if ...

Young football players who suffer a concussion can show signs of reduced blood flow in the brain, even after their symptoms have subsided, a new, ...

At their annual meeting today in Chicago, members of the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to adopt policy aimed at reducing and managing concussions suffered ...

(HealthDay News) — Most concussions among high school and college football players occur during practice, a new study finds. Data on more than 20,000 young ...

MONDAY, Dec. 8, 2014 (HealthDay News) — A hard hit to the chest during a football game resulted in three days of an irregular heart ...

By Jimmy Golen, AP BOSTON (AP) — Colleges remain inconsistent in the way they handle athletes’ concussions, according to a Harvard University study that comes ...

By Brad Broker A new study finds that football helmets in use today don’t do much to protect against concussion or traumatic brain injuries (TBI), ...