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The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a $10-million grant to a consortium of academic institutions focused on identifying the best diagnostic techniques for predicting recovery and long-term consequences of concussion among children.
A clinical trial of 125 young adults suggests that those who limited screen time for 48 hours immediately after suffering a concussion had a significantly shorter duration of symptoms than those who were permitted screen time.
USA Team Handball, the National Governing Body for the Olympic sport of team handball, announces it has formed a special partnership with nonprofit TeachAids to offer concussion education offerings to its athletes, coaches and members.
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The Team Physician Consensus Conference, an alliance of the American College of Sports Medicine and five other professional sports medicine organizations, has published new guidance to help team physicians manage sports-related concussions in youth and athletes of all ages.
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USA Lacrosse, the governing body of lacrosse in the United States, and TeachAids, the nonprofit social enterprise behind the CrashCourse concussion education technology, announce a new partnership.
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People of color are more than twice as likely to die after a traumatic brain injury as white people, according to a new retrospective review from Oregon Health & Science University published in Frontiers in Surgery.
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Scientists suggest a potential mechanism for how traumatic brain injury leads to neurodegenerative diseases, according to a study in fruit flies, and rat and human brain tissue, published in eLife.
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People who have had a concussion where they lost consciousness may be more likely to have some disability or limitations later in life–such as difficulty walking or limitations in the amount or type of work they can do–than people who have never had a concussion, according to a study published in Neurology.
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USA Cheer, the US governing body for sport cheering and the sport of STUNT and TeachAids, a nonprofit social enterprise behind the CrashCourse concussion education technology, announce a new partnership.
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A third of children and adolescents develop a mental health problem after a concussion, which could persist for several years post-injury, according to a new literature review from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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PolarCool AB (publ), a Swedish medical device company focusing on treatment of sports-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) and whiplash, has submitted a 510(k) pre-market notification to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the PolarCap System.
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USA Bobsled/Skeleton (USABS), the national governing body for the sport in the United States, and TeachAids, the nonprofit social enterprise behind the CrashCourse concussion education technology, announce a new partnership.
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The National Council of Youth Sports (NCYS), in partnership with TeachAids, now offers the CrashCourse concussion education curriculum to its youth sports programs nationwide via its website.
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USA Baseball announces a new partnership with TeachAids to distribute CrashCourse concussion content.
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A study of top-flight UK rugby players has identified a method of accurately diagnosing concussion using saliva, paving the way for the first non-invasive clinical test for concussion.
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A new study from researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) used head impact sensors in four different sports and studied male and female athletes to determine which of these sports put students at the highest risk for head impacts that could lead to concussions.
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U.S. Soccer announces it has partnered with TeachAids to incorporate CrashCourse materials into its suite of concussion education offerings.
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