I was in the market for a new bicycle helmet and found that there is a system now incorporated into the helmets that reduces rotational forces and damage to the brain. It is called the MIPS system and is reviewed extremely well on the McGill Office for Science and Society Website.

Virginia Tech has this resource that reviews most bicycle helmets and grades them according to protective level using MIPS criteria.

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