Personal Health: Hard-Knock Lessons From the Concussion Files
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Even a mild concussion may leave âinvisibleâ but disturbing symptoms, which are indicators of a postconcussive syndrome.
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Researchers have established the fact that migraine can be a progressive disorder and frequent sufferers have an increased risk of brain damage.. Prof Richard Lipton, from New York&#39;s Albert Einstein College
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Many teenagers who play high school football do not know what a concussion is, yet this ignorance undermines the gravity of the injury.
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The case of a woman in a vegetative   state who appeared to play tennis in her head highlights one of   the key frustrations of doctors who treat such patients --   trying to figure out what is going on in someone else's brain.
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A study of more than 2,500 retired NFL players finds that those who had at least three concussions during their careers had triple the risk of clinical depression as those who had no concussions.
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Smoking not only damages health, it is bad for the brain too, according to a Scottish study spanning nearly 60 years. Professor Lawrence Whalley and his team looked at how the cognitive
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-- Traumatic brain injury, described as the signature wound of the Iraq war, may be less to blame for soldiers' symptoms than doctors once thought, contends a provocative military study that suggests post-traumatic stress and depression often play a role.
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NEW YORK  - With health officials now  urging Americans to dig into their family health history,  experts advise taking advantage of free Internet tools -- and  upcoming holiday gatherings -- to get started on the project.
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The best strategies for coping with electronic overload.
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How advances in neuroscience could transform our legal system.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Spouses caring for partners with Alzheimer&#39;s disease report better physical health if they participate in individual or group counseling, new data shows.
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SATURDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Winter sports provide kids with great exercise and fun, but proper safety measures are needed to prevent injuries, say pediatric trauma experts.
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The irony of players being less interested in being protected than the people charged to protect them is just one of the challenges facing the N.F.L. as it deals with player concussions.
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Tests of 2,525 U.S. combat veterans after returning from Iraq have found that depression and post-traumatic stress disorder play key roles in determining who will suffer from health problems following a mild brain injury.
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NEW YORK  - Tougher enforcement of the rules of play could help bring down the rate of head, neck and face injuries seen in high school and college lacrosse players, which appear to higher among young women than young men, the authors of a four-year study of the sport say.
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Researchers have found that there is no way to know for sure which blows will lead to a concussion.
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