March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. It is a time to let people know more about traumatic brain injuries and how they can be prevented. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, there more than 1.4 million traumatic brain injuries occur each year in the United States. Of this number, about 50,000…
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, is a progressive degenerative disease that affects the brain. It is caused by repeated blows to the head and concussions such as those that occur while playing contact sports like football. In addition to athletes, CTE may also occur in members of the military. Up until now, CTE has not been…
Doctors have known about a link between CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and concussions for a while now. A new study published last month in the medical journal JAMA has solidly backed up that information, reporting that there is indeed a link between the neurodegenerative disease and repeated concussions in professional athletes. The study researched donated…
Recently, in California, a high school football player, Josh Nava, 17 years of age, was put in a medically induced coma after suffering a head injury during a game. Fortunately, he is now breathing on his own. The tackle causing said injury did not appear to be out of the ordinary. It did not appear…
Parents should be wary of their children playing football. Football is dangerous and, according to studies, it accounts for 56.8% of all concussions in high school sports. In high school football, there are 60 concussions per 100,000 player practices or games. High school football’s concussion rate has continued to increase annually for the past 11…
