Girls’ Lacrosse in Florida is the latest organized sport to adopt protective headgear for players. According to a recent New York Times article, Florida became the first state to require protective headgear for high school girls’ lacrosse players. If you’re not familiar with girls’ lacrosse, it’s slightly different than boys’ lacrosse, which is full contact. […]
Brain Injuries
Traumatic Brain Injuries in Young Athletes
Youth sports, tackle football in particular, have been under fire lately as the discovery and continued research regarding the connection between playing and the potential for impaired cognitive development and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). A recent Medscape article included the results of a recent study that found that professional football players who started tackle football […]
Serious Head Injuries to Infants Continues Due to Falls from Baby Seats
Due to the serious risk of injury to babies, CPSC and Bumbo International Trust of South Africa (“Bumbo International“) are urging parents and caregivers to never place Bumbo Baby Seats on tables, countertops, chairs or other raised surfaces. Infants aged 3-10 months old have fallen out of the Bumbo seat and suffered skull fractures and […]
Light therapy may improve cognitive function after TBI
An at-home, daily application of light therapy via light-emitting diodes (LEDs) placed on the forehead and scalp led to improvements in cognitive function and post-traumatic stress disorder in patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to a groundbreaking study published in Photomedicine and Laser Surgery, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. […]
Sports Brain Trauma May Cause Disease Mimicking ALS
New research by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides the first pathological evidence that repetitive head trauma experienced in collision sports is associated with motor neuron disease, a neurological condition that affects voluntary muscle movements. The most […]
