In 2024, about 1.4 million kids ages 5 to 14 ended up in the ER for sports and recreational injuries.

CHICAGO (AP) Strict rest may not be the best medicine for kids with concussions, a Canadian study found, challenging the idea that physical activity should be avoided until symptoms disappear. A month ...

A couple of weeks ago, eight-year-old Liam Ramsay-Leavitt of Martinez, Calif., was swinging on the monkey bars at school. "And then I just fell on my side," he says. "I was kind of dizzy and I had an ...

As youth sports seasons ramp up across the country, medical experts say parents and coaches should keep injury prevention top of mind.

Sport-related concussions are mild traumatic brain injuries that demand timely recognition and management. This review explores current evidence on pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment strategies ...

A Stanford class helped build CrashCourse, an education program that is now transforming concussion reporting culture on a national scale.

Concussions can occur in any sport, at any level and at any age so here's how to spot one and what steps parents and children should take ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Researchers around the world, including internationally known concussion expert John J. Leddy, MD, clinical professor of orthopaedics and sports medicine in the Jacobs School of ...

March is National Brain Injury Awareness Month, and experts emphasize the importance of recognizing concussions, which can occur in various situations beyond sports.

SAN FRANCISCO -- For thousands of kids across California, tackle football is once again on the chopping block. A Sacramento area assemblyman introduced a new bill this week. If passed, any child under ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- About 500,000 children per year end up in ERs because of head injury. And about half of them undergo a CT scan. But the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that a third of ...