Football season is well underway, and fans know those athletes get hit hard. Could better helmets and guidelines around concussion prevention someday eliminate head injuries from the sport? Host Flora ...

A concussion is not just a head story. It is a hormone story, a heart story and a long-term wellness story.

A new study may offer reassuring news for parents whose children have a history of concussion, but want to get back to playing sports. Researchers spent more than a decade scouting fields, rinks and ...

When playing sports, it's important to remember: Brains don't have seat belts. When rapid acceleration or deceleration of the brain inside the skull occurs with a blow to the head, a concussion ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Newer football helmet technology and design may reduce the incidence of concussions in high school football players, according to results from the first phase of a three-year study by the University ...

There is renewed concern about whether enough is being done to prevent the youth sports concussions following a major study ...

In the past two decades, concussions have become major public health concerns. They account for 5%-9% of all sports-related injuries, particularly in contact sports, activities involving thrown ...

NFL Charities, the charitable foundation of the National Football League owners, has awarded more than $1.6 million in grants to support sports-related medical research at 16 organizations, the NFL ...

Concussions occurring from youth tackle football and other sports-related injuries have been a hot topic in American media and pop culture the last couple of years. According to the Centers for ...

Brain injury researcher Chris Nowinski told Pablo Torre the NFL's own published study undercuts the league's Guardian Cap concussion claims.