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Mild exercise may hasten recovery in concussed children
Health Headlines Commentary for December 21, 2016 Source: Mild exercise may hasten recovery in concussed children Reference: Association Between Early Participation in Physical Activity Following Acute Concussion and Persistent Postconcussive Symptoms in Children and Adolescents
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Concussions in children likely underreported
Health Headlines Commentary for June 1, 2016 Source: Concussions in Children May Be Vastly Underreported, Study Finds Reference: Point of Health Care Entry for Youth With Concussion Within a Large Pediatric Care Network
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A good start in developing a diagnostic tool to predict resolution of concussion symptoms
Health Headlines Commentary for March 9, 2016 Source: CHEO study predicts when post-concussion symptoms will go away Reference: Clinical Risk Score for Persistent Postconcussion Symptoms Among Children With Acute Concussion in the ED
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Suicide risk seems to increase post concussion in some individuals
Health Headlines Commentary for February 9, 2016 Source: Concussion raises long-term suicide risk, possibly due to brain changes: study Reference: Risk of suicide after a concussion
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Helmetless football practice can improve skills to avoid in-game head injuries
Health Headlines Commentary for January 14, 2016 Source: How training without helmets could reduce brain injuries in football Reference: Early Results of a Helmetless-Tackling Intervention to Decrease Head Impacts in Football Players
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UBC to use head sensor tech to measure blunt trauma head impacts and relation to concussion severity
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for November 20, 2015 Source: UBC football players wear sensors to help measure head injuries
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Chiropractic concussion treatment does not have supporting rigorous evidence to verify efficacy
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 23, 2015 Source: ‘Sidney Crosby’ concussion treatment arrives in Ottawa Reference: Chiropractic Neurology
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Study to investigate effects of hockey head injuries and future brain damage risk
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 28, 2015 Source: Why a leading neuroscientist wants the brains of hockey players
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What is second impact syndrome?
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 20, 2015 Source: ‘Unless I’m dead’: Inquest hears teen’s haunting texts before fatal rugby injury