Even athletes who don't experience concussion but suffer repeated jolts or falls inherent in contact sports can experience subtle and cumulative brain changes, new imaging research suggests. A group ...

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Objective To explore relationship of concussion history, career status, and years of contact football exposure on symptom frequency, symptom severity, neurocognitive function, and balance in elite ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., July 18, 2013 -- Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have developed a new way to measure the cumulative effect of impacts to the head incurred by football players.

Background: Sports medicine clinicians and the general public are interested in the possible cumulative effects of concussion. Objective: To examine whether athletes with a history of one or two ...

The link between cumulative exposure to head impacts and a subsequent onset of concussion was more pronounced among athletes taking part in more contact activities. For example, 82 per cent of ...

Head impacts appear to disrupt players’ gut microbiome, the colony of bacteria and organisms in the GI tract that help ...

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sustained his third confirmed career concussion during the Sept. 12 NFL game against the Buffalo Bills, prompting many to wonder about the health of the ...

WEST HAVEN — Students in the city's public school system have sustained 36 concussions since the beginning of the the fall 2021 athletic season, according to data provided by West Haven Public Schools ...

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Living in a ski town, injuries are quite prevalent. I often witness firsthand ski patrollers pulling injured skiers down in their sleds, which reminds us of the dangers of the sport we all love.