For many children, playing sports is an important part of maintaining a well-rounded lifestyle. Sports teach student-athletes things like fitness, discipline and teamwork, but there is a degree of ...

Pacers center Isaiah Jackson on his concussion: 'It was bad.' Throwing up, headaches, light sensitivity, sound sensitivity ...

Around 14% of high school students in the US report concussions from sports-related activities according to a study in the ...

Headaches can linger long after the initial blow. May 3, 2013— -- She was just a 12-year-old athlete when it happened: A blow to the head from a lacrosse ball left Marianna Consiglio with a ...

For years, concussions were described as temporary disruptions in brain function that could not be seen on any medical test.

A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) that results from a direct hit to the head, face or neck. Concussions may or may not involve a loss of consciousness. Symptoms may occur immediately ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Logan Coleridge was used to taking hits in football. He'd been playing since he was 6 years old and had sustained several ...

Most people expect concussion recovery to follow a predictable timeline — a few days of rest, maybe a week or two of taking it easy, then back to normal life. But for roughly 10 to 15 percent of ...

Doctors may prescribe off-label medications such as amitriptyline, topiramate, or ondansetron to help treat concussion symptoms like headaches, sleep problems, and nausea. A concussion is a mild ...

Indianapolis Colts cornerback Charvarius Ward is only 29 years old and just signed a three-year contract last offseason.

REUTERS - One in five soldiers who return from Iraq or Afghanistan having suffered a concussion develop chronic headaches that occur at least half the days of the month, with many suffering even more, ...