Articles
Sports Imperative: Protecting Young Brains
"The New York Times" (August 2009)
Attention players, parents, coaches, trainers and doctors. The injury experts have a message. You’ve probably heard it before, but the moment is right to hear it again: If young athletes want to preserve their brains after a head injury, however minor, the typical jock advice to suck it up and get back in the game is not only bad, it’s potentially life-threatening. Read the entire article...
With Concussions, Path Remains Unclear
"The New York Times" (August 2009)
...the Los Angeles Dodgers found themselves in a tricky situation after a line drive ricocheted off the head of pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, giving him a concussion. . Read the entire article...
Study: Kids Competing Too Soon After Concussions
"Time Magazine" (January 2009)
Too many kids are returning to the playing field too soon after a concussion. How many? According to an alarming new study, from 2005 to 2008, 41% of concussed athletes in 100 high schools across the U.S. returned to play too soon, under guidelines set out by the American Academy of Neurology. Read the entire article...
Head Games
"The New York Times" (September 2008)
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 of all high school football players sustain concussions annually, studies show. Read the entire article...
Girls Are Often Neglected Victims of Concussions
"The New York Times" (October 2007)
Hannah Stohler sat beside the piano she could no longer play, in the living room that spun like a carousel, in the chair in which she tried to read but could not remember a word. Ten months after her third concussion while playing high school soccer knocked her into a winter-long haze of headaches and dizziness and depression that few around her could comprehend, Stohler recalled how she once viewed concussions. Read the entire article...
Doctors worry kids' brain injuries are often missed
"Boston.com" (September 2004)
...But it is not just professional athletes who have to worry about serious concussions. Neuroscientists say many brain injuries, particularly in children, go undiagnosed because educators, coaches, and parents simply don't know when a bump on the head is something to be concerned about. Read the entire article...
Roethlisberger’s Injury Highlights Nerve Center for Head Trauma
"The New York Times" (January 2009)
When Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger sustained at least the third concussion of his career on Sunday and was carried off on a stretcher, endangering his availability for his team’s first playoff game on Jan. 11, he was whisked not just to a local hospital but straight into Pittsburgh’s notable history with brain injuries. Read the entire article...
