Posts Tagged ‘football-players’
Football: Even “minor” hits can cause brain damage
Today the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) “is calling for any athlete who is suspected of having a concussion to be removed from play until the athlete is evaluated by a physician with training in the evaluation and management of sports concussion.” At the same time, an article in Sports Illustrated reports a new study in…
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You may have seen this insighful OpEd last Friday in the New York Times, by clinical neuropsychologist Gerald Tramontano: Head Games — “CHILDREN aged 5 to 18 suffer at least 96,000 sports-related concussions every year in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates. Even more troubling, as many as 20 percent…
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