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The long-term effects of concussions and other brain trauma has been a big focus in recent years thanks in large part to the NFL and many of its former players. The league has been forced to address ...

High-profile sports like football and soccer have brought greater attention in recent years to concussions – the mildest form of traumatic brain injury. Yet people often do not realize how common ...

The human body can become damaged in a seemingly endless number of ways, but doctors have long known that brain trauma is particularly dire. It is not only devastating, but also hard to detect.

A concussion diagnosis depends upon a careful assessment of symptoms. Now a large study of sports-related concussions points to a potential medical assist when evaluating a college athlete for this ...

A concussion occurs when the brain impacts the inside of the skull with enough force to temporarily affect brain function. Cultura RM / Alamy Stock Photo In the 2017 season, NFL players suffered 291 ...

As the football season gets underway every season, two things are certain: There will be some headline-grabbing concussions, and we’ll hear the National Football League (NFL) tell us that player ...

Virginia has just passed a law requiring school athletics programs to put student-athletes’ health first by staying up-to-date on the latest concussion science. While other states have laws about how ...