Gender gap in concussion research leaves female athletes struggling
80% of sports concussion research has focused on men, possibly leaving women without the care they need.
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80% of sports concussion research has focused on men, possibly leaving women without the care they need.
Concussion in sports is nothing new; however, the education of how to treat them and what to look out for is being taken more serious these days.
When it comes to concussions in high school sports, there is good news and bad news, a new study suggests.
Vista Murrieta High School announced today it will equip its entire varsity football roster with the VICIS ZERO1 helmet for the 2019 football season. The ZERO1 has received the highest performance ranking in National Football League (NFL) and National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) helmet performance testing three years in a row.
The league announced seven new rules for kickoffs for the upcoming 2018 season.
The law now requires coaches and any other adults involved in youth sports to complete an online training seminar every three years, as opposed to doing it just once.
Levy, other former players and brain-injury researchers spoke at a forum about what Congress can do to make the nation's most popular spectator sport safer.
As exciting as some of the new technology is, it isn't a full solution to the problem facing the sport.
No matter what, it's not a good look for the NFL or the New England Patriots.
Haloti Ngata will be back for another season with the Lions, but only because he has been assured his brain can handle it.
A federal judge in Philadelphia will live-stream a hearing Wednesday in the NFL concussion case so retired players can learn what's ahead as the estimated $1 billion settlement rolls out this year.
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the final two challenges to the estimated $1 billion settlement between the NFL and thousands of its former players who have been diagnosed with brain injuries linked to repeated concussions.
A last-minute appeal in the NFL concussion case, filed by the son of an all-star and civil rights activist, has sent the proposed settlement to the U.S. Supreme Court and delays payouts for at least several months.
The number of reported concussions from sports has doubled in the last 10 years.
A federal judge in Minnesota has denied the NHL's latest attempt to throw out a class-action lawsuit by former players filed over head injuries.
The settlement was finalized this week.
The appellate judges acknowledge those points in the 69-page ruling but found the settlement was for the greater good of all players.
Student athletes at 35 high schools are part of the only pilot program in the country to test for concussions.
Did the NFL omit 100+ concussions from the study it relied upon to show no direct link between football and brain damage?
Appearing before a congressional committee Monday, Jeff Miller, the NFL's senior vice president for health and safety, was asked about a connection between hits in football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy. His answer was "certainly yes."
"You're taught to bounce up and get going, but he didn't bounce and as soon as a guy doesn't get up like you're used to, my heart skipped."
According to Lions head trainer Kevin Bastin, Mathis was checked for a concussion late in the Vikings game, was cleared, then began showing symptoms after the team traveled to London.
Will Smith isn't expecting any pushback from the NFL over his upcoming football drama, "Concussion."
The big brains at Dartmouth College have created a smarter tackling dummy. Let's hope it doesn't get tired of all the abuse and leads the rise of the machines.
Former NFL players who object to terms of the potential $1 billion concussion settlement are filing appeals Monday with a federal court in Philadelphia.
