Sports Medicine News

Mayo Clinic has been ranked the No. 1 hospital nationwide by U.S. News and World Report, the fifth consecutive year that the hospital in Rochester, Minn., has received the top spot on the publication’s Best Hospitals Honor Roll list.

The AAP issued interim guidance to advise pediatricians and parents about the risks and benefits of children returning to athletics during the COVID-19 pandemic.

High school students who reported concussions were at greater risk for a suicide attempt, according to survey findings published in Journal of Affective Disorders.

In 2018, the AAP issued new guidance on youth sports-related concussions, or SRCs, and voiced concerns about the underreporting of these injuries. The CDC recently published recommendations for mild concussion management in children that same year — noting a lack of evidence-based clinical guidelines for pediatric mild traumatic brain injury diagnosis, prognosis or management in the U.S.

A new algorithm may help screen pregnant women, particularly African American women, for obstructive sleep apnea, according to a recent study.

NEW ORLEANS — Research presented at the AAP National Conference & Exhibition highlighted a significant increase in the number of trampoline-related fractures sustained by children between 2008 and 2017.

Sudden cardiac death — the leading cause of sudden death among high school and college athletes in the United States — is not something that can be easily predicted.

Athletes may not be fully recovered from a concussion 1 year after being cleared to return to play, according to a study published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Just 22% of adults involved in bicycle accidents were wearing helmets, according to study results published in Brain Injury.

Former National Football League players who experienced more concussions during their careers reported more erectile dysfunction and low testosterone in retirement than those who had experienced fewer concussions, according to findings published in JAMA Neurology.