Head injuries more likely in younger athletes
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NEW YORK  - High school football players have more than three-times the risk of having a catastrophic head injury compared with players at the college level, a new study shows.
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As sports becomes a measure of success in America, young athletes are training ever harder.
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NEW YORK  - A computer-based test of mental   and neurological functioning can help determine whether young   athletes have suffered a concussion from a sports-related   injury, a new study shows.
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For the first time in the nation, a New York regional youth soccer association will require the mandatory use of protective headguards, affecting nearly 35,000 players 14-years-old and younger.
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NEW YORK  - Children who often suffer headaches or daytime drowsiness may be at heightened risk of developing unexplained body aches and pains, a study has found.
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NEW YORK  - Athletes with a history of  concussion are at risk of suffering lasting symptoms the next  time they take a blow to the head, according to a study  published Monday.
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When talking with high school or college athletes one of the reoccurring themes that tends to pop up is how they happen to have come from athletically minded families.
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Infants who sustain head  injuries due to abuse have worse outcomes than their peers with  head trauma due to other causes, researchers report in the  journal Pediatrics this month.
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Some athletes are predisposed, genetically hard-wired, to draw attention, one way or another.
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Exercise may hold the key to youth, according to a study published on Monday which showed people who keep fit are up to nine years biologically younger than those who do not.
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Intelligent young men are less likely to take their own lives than others, researchers have found.
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NEW YORK  - Infants who sustain head injuries due to abuse have worse outcomes than their peers with head trauma due to other causes, researchers report in the journal Pediatrics this month.
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Sports doctors under pressure from managers and the media could be cutting corners and risking the health of athletes, researchers said.
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Young women athletes who suffer tearing of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) -- the ligament in the knee that provides stability -- face a serious risk of potentially
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Doctors should urge children involved in competitive sports to take plenty of time off to avoid physical injuries and mental strain, the American Academy of Pediatrics said on Monday.
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With child athletes becoming increasingly competitive and training more rigorous at younger ages, orthopedic doctors said they are seeing an alarming rise in sports injuries simply from kids overdoing it.
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NEW YORK  - Athletes who have suffered  spinal injuries severe enough to make them temporarily lose  feeling in their limbs can sometimes safely return to their  sport, research suggests.