AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — The knowledge of concussions and their impact short and long term remains something that continues to grow with continued studies of the injury. It has been long believed that ...

When Tom Cutinella, a 16-year-old football player from Shoreham-Wading River High School, was involved in a tragic on-field collision that took his life, there was no athletic trainer on the sideline.

Objective To examine prevention strategies and potential modifiable risk factors (MRFs) for sport-related concussion (SRC) and head impact/head acceleration event (HAE) outcomes in female, woman ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Brain Injury Association of New York State (BIANYS) and the New York State Athletic Trainers’ Association (NYSATA) will host a concussion outreach prevention education (COPE) ...

Concussions among high school athletes occur across a wide range of contact and limited-contact or noncontact sports, a study published online October 14 in Pediatrics has shown. Most of the injuries ...

Recent studies have exposed a troubling disparity in concussion research, with only 25 scientific articles focusing on women compared to 270 studies dedicated to male athletes. This significant gap in ...

CHICAGO (AP) — With a potentially costly lawsuit looming over it, the governing body of prep sports in Illinois on Tuesday rolled out a series of concussion-prevention projects, including a new ...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama called Thursday for more robust research into youth concussions, saying there remains deep uncertainty over both the scope of the troubling issue and the long-term ...

A global consensus report provides new guidance on diagnosing and treating concussions. more As concerns about concussions among football players continues to capture the attention of doctors as well ...

But for students, the most significant consequences of concussions often occur far from the field. They're academic ones, and ...