Some Dietary Supplements Claim to be a Concussion Cure, FDA Issues Warnings As public concern over concussions, especially sports-related concussions in teenage football and soccer players, grows, some supplement manufacturers are exploiting the fear and marketing their supplements as Concussion cures. On Monday, August 25th, the US Food and Drug Administration announced its awareness of the problem on its website, stating that the public should not purchase supplements to treat concussion symptoms. Dietary supplements do not face the same … [Read more...]
President Obama Calls for More Concussion Research
June 2, 2014 By Leave a Comment
President Calls for More, Better Research into Concussions in Children On Thursday, May 29th, President Barack Obama called for more robust research into concussions, especially in young adults and children. The president said that the medical community still faced too much uncertainty about the scope of the issue in children, as well as the long-term impact of concussions, whether a child has only one concussion, or faces repeated concussion injuries. “We want our kids participating in sports,” Obama said as he opened a day-long summit at … [Read more...]
Biomarkers Could Help Diagnose Concussions
March 19, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Biomarkers Could Help Doctors Diagnose Concussions in Athletes Swedish researchers studied information about sporting injuries, and found that a protein in the central nervous system could help doctors diagnose concussions and traumatic brain injuries in athletes, and help determine when players can get back to their sport. The team reports that they found a way to test blood for a protein called total tau, or T-tau for short. They linked the amount of protein in the blood, which is released when the brain is injured, to the severity of the … [Read more...]
Girls Playing Middle School Soccer Suffer Concussion Injuries
January 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Study Shows that Girls Still Play Through Concussion Injuries in Middle School Soccer Girls that play soccer in middle school are still vulnerable to concussion injuries, according to a new study. And, despite medical advice, middle school soccer players still play through their injuries. The study was published on January 20th in the Journal of the American Medical Association. As awareness increases about the damage of concussions on sports players and military personnel, more research is being done regarding student athletes and … [Read more...]
Students Athletes with Concussions Should Not Return to Class Immediately
November 1, 2013 By
New Report Suggests that Student Athletes Suffering Concussion Should Not Go Back to Academics Right Away High school sports teams have adopted many safety regulations in the last several years, from high-tech helmets to breaks from sports to help prevent the terrible side effects of concussions on young athletes. However, a new study from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that, after a concussion, student athletes should not immediately return to the classroom, as well. The clinical report was presented in … [Read more...]
New Study Suggests ‘Heading’ May Cause Brain Damage
December 12, 2011 By
South Carolina Personal Injury Attorneys New research, presented Tuesday at the Radiological Society of North American annual meeting, indicated that frequent "head balls" can cause the brain to suffer traumatic brain damage, especially if over 1,300 headers occur in a given year. For players who regularly practice their soccer skills, reaching this number is not unrealistic. Dr. Michael Lipton, the lead study author and Director of Radiology Research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, claims that head balls actually occur more … [Read more...]
