The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidelines for the first time on treating children with concussions, saying they will provide doctors with the "tools they need to ensure the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines regarding treatment of pediatric concussions. Dr. Martha Pyron, a Sports Medicine Physician and owner of Medicine ...

For the study, CDC researchers examined national data collected between 2001 and 2013 regarding playground-related injuries in children 14 and younger. Of the 215,000 children treated annually for ...

Taking a punishing hit on the football field or soccer pitch; having your head jostle around during a car accident; ...

Children with the least material deprivation visit the emergency department (ED) for concussion more frequently than children with the most material deprivation, according to a Canadian study. The ...

Proposed individualized concussion rehabilitation process, whereby return-to-play decisions are based on skill-based and physical interventions, and testing. As sport-related concussions continue to ...

Did you know that a concussion is a considered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)? Or that every 9 seconds, someone in the U.S.

Fall sports season is in full swing, with many students as young as kindergarten participating in high contact sports such as football and soccer. According to the Brain Injury Research Institute, an ...