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 ...

Dr. Javier Cárdenas is the director of the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute NeuroPerformance Innovation Center. It’s fall in America, and that means football. With football comes questions and ...

American football is a high-octane contact sport in which repetitive head impacts (RHI) are a common sight. Researchers ...

(NAPSI)—Alex Smith loves football. “Football is amazing. I think it’s the greatest team sport in America,” notes the former quarterback for the 49ers, Chiefs and Commanders. But Smith is worried about ...

The NFL's concussion protocol only launched in 2011, but concussions have been part of football since the birth of football. The NFL Players Association acknowledges this and credits itself with ...

Professor Pearce cited American football, where players wear mandated helmets but have a huge rate of concussion and numerous cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain injury caused by head ...

In 2015, Will Smith’s much-hyped film Concussion didn’t live up to the hype. The film, which was based on Dr. Bennet Omalu’s research on the relationship between football and chronic traumatic ...

In former college athletes, having had three or more concussions was associated with slightly worse physical, mental, behavioral and cognitive health five years after graduation, according to an ...

Indianapolis Colts cornerback Charvarius Ward has entered concussion protocol for a third time this season, just weeks after he said his second concussion made him consider quitting football. Colts ...

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

CONWAY, SC (WMBF) - While the NFL playoffs are in full swing, preventing concussions remains a top priority not only for professional players but also on the college and high school level. One way to ...