Sports Medicine News

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.

Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with an increased risk for cancer in women, a recent analysis of the European Sleep Apnoea Database study suggests.

PHILADELPHIA — Some teenagers with concussion-triggered chronic headache or migraine experienced prolonged pain, suffering and lack of function even after they were considered treated, according to study findings presented at the American Headache Society Scientific Meeting.

Among companies who advertise unproven, direct-to-consumer stem cell therapies and employ at least one physician, only about half claimed to treat conditions that matched the scope of their physicians’ training, according to data published in JAMA.

A recent study found that oral contraceptive pills may provide protection against anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, injuries, particularly in young athletic women.

Former professional football players had higher all-cause, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative and mortality rates vs. former professional baseball players, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Poll results published by C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital suggested that almost one in five children aged 4 to 13 years who ride bicycles never wears a helmet.