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Is it a Concussion or a Brain Injury?

by James on 22 January 2010

Of course you know that the question isn’t fair – a concussion is a brain injury.  And it can be a pretty serious one.
Debates and discussions are heating up when it comes to concussions – especially concussions among children (remember the Sports Head Injury Controversy).  In a study to be published next month in the [...]

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Sports Head Injury Controversy

by James on 14 July 2009

Recent recommendations brought forward by an international panal of neurologists have sparked a controversy – or maybe just some valuable conversation.

On sports fields around the world there are tens of thousands – perhaps hundreds of thousands of concussions every year.  These concussions, though often mild, can lead to post-traumatic headaches.  Worse, multiple injuries to someone [...]

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