PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison didn't want to wait for the NFL to do something about protecting his head, so the four-time Pro Bowler decided to do it himself. After ...

(Reuters Health) – In the year following a concussion, college athletes are almost twice as likely to suffer serious lower body injuries like ankle sprains compared to the year before their head ...

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 concussion is a form of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that affects how your brain functions. These effects can be short-term, lasting only a few hours or days, or can lead to long-term problems.

The rate of concussions in U.S. high school athletes more than doubled between 2005 and 2012, new research shows. The trend probably reflects an increased awareness and more legislation governing ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Jarett Orr/Daily. Buy this photo. A recent University of Michigan study on concussions among ...

With a multi-institutional team of engineers, optometrists, vision researchers, sports medicine physicians and biostatisticians, NJIT's Tara Alvarez set out four years ago to gather data that could ...

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