Research shows one in 10 children experience a traumatic brain injury every year, according to the brain injury association. Local health officials say Cook County is worse off.
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) — New research says child concussions are often misdiagnosed. We know concussions are often linked to car crashes or contact sports, but concussions can happen to anyone, even ...
More than 300,000 children under age 5 visit emergency rooms annually in the United States for concussions, with new research suggesting many face extended recovery periods. Young children are more ...
A new study looks at how concussions impact kids long after they get one. Experts share what to look out for. Concussions can affect kids of all ages, and some children still have symptoms months ...
As youth sports seasons ramp up across the country, medical experts say parents and coaches should keep injury prevention top of mind.
An Arvada mother backs bill linking youth concussions and mental health after daughter’s death.
York University concussion experts report that children and youth take longer to fully recover from a concussion than previously thought. After a concussion, young athletes usually rejoin their teams ...
While concussions in football, soccer and hockey grab the headlines, a jarring fall or untimely hit to the head occur more often than you think. Even if you don’t play a sport, concussions can occur ...
There's a scale called the Post-Concussion Symptom Inventory that actually has a child assessment tool as well as a parent one. And then, by using the information from a physician or clinician, as ...
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 ...
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 ...