by Sue Robbins | Sep 10, 2020 | Miscellaneous
Researchers identify possible new therapy for concussion-related headaches As she jumped to head a soccer ball during her junior year of college, Kelly Farrell collided skulls with a teammate. She later was diagnosed with a concussion, which proved to be severely...
by Sue Robbins | Jan 12, 2020 | Adolescents and Children
Children and adolescents without a history of headache may develop prolonged headaches after sustaining a concussion, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Child Neurology Society. The headache may be migraine, chronic daily headache,...
by Sue Robbins | Oct 15, 2019 | Sports Injury
The rates of football practice concussions and recurrent concussions across all sports have gone down in recent years, according to the study, published in the journal Pediatrics on Tuesday. The bad news: Concussion rates increased in football games. Read more...
by Sue Robbins | Sep 22, 2019 | Sports Injury
New research from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia suggests that young female athletes who suffer concussions have longer recovery times than their male peers, but not because of differences in strength or hormones as some experts have speculated. Read more...
by Sue Robbins | Aug 19, 2019 | Sports Injury
After a season of college football, portions of players’ brains can show worrying signs of damage, even if they did not experience a concussion, according to a timely new study of contact sports and brain health. Read more...
