Concussions can cause an abnormal protein to cluster around brain blood vessels. Athletes experiencing a concussion during a ...

It’s a common fear for parents whose children may get hurt while playing sports. It’s a common fear for parents whose children may get hurt while playing sports. What should they do when their child ...

Doctors prescribe off-label medications to treat the symptoms of concussion. This can include acetaminophen, sertraline, ...

The management of traumatic brain injury and concussion in children should feature almost immediate cognitive effort and a ...

September 2, 2010 — A new guidance document for the management of pediatric concussions recommends a more conservative approach to return to play policies for younger children with sports-related ...

NEW YORK (KGO) -- Parents, listen up if you have a child athlete. There are more alerts about concussions from a recent study on their potential long term harm. When you hear sport and concussion you ...

A new study in mice reports that concussions sustained early in life can cause subtle brain changes that re-emerge later in life. The findings, published in Experimental Neurology, may have ...

A new study may offer reassuring news for parents whose children have a history of concussion, but want to get back to playing sports. Researchers spent more than a decade scouting fields, rinks and ...

Graded aerobic treadmill testing is safe, tolerable, and useful in evaluating and managing cases of sports-related concussion in children and adolescents. This is the ...

Dr. Bob Wilmott is chief of pediatrics at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center. From climbing trees to making tall bike ramps that are hastily disassembled before parents get home, children ...

Kids can get head injuries in any number of ways, and a recent study explored how recovery differs when a concussion is a result of a sports injury versus non-sports related. The researchers learned ...

A year ago, I argued that if we want to limit the number of kids suffering concussions from playing youth football, then adults should not allow them to play tackle until age 14. Until then, children ...