Concussion

A recent meta-analysis conducted by my colleagues and me at the University of Birmingham, England, shows that the risk for stroke is 86% higher in those who have suffered a traumatic brain injury, compared with people who have not had a TBI.

Black college athletes demonstrated less knowledge of concussions than white college athletes, despite NCAA requirements for concussion education among athletes, according to results from a cross-sectional study.

The lifetime prevalence of at least one self-reported concussion increased among U.S. adolescents in the eighth, 10th and 12th grades from 2016 to 2020, according to published results.

Children and teens who had a concussion and subsequently reported occipital headaches and photophobia took more time to return to their pre-concussion state than those who did not report these symptoms, data show.

A large prospective observational study examining non-invasive biomarkers identified unique indicators of concussion in the saliva of adult male athletes, according to results published in British Journal of Sports Medicine.

I like to say that my interest in dizziness started in a trash can.

Developments in Parkinson’s disease — including biomarkers of progression and an FDA approval — topped Healio Neurology’s February coverage. Plus: new drug approval for relapsing MS, stroke incidence and concussions among football players.

Published results show no “statistically significant differences” in concussion recovery and return to play timelines between male and female collegiate athletes across comparable sports.

As someone who spent more than 25 years working with veterans in the VA health care system, I saw many patients with traumatic brain injury and many with sleep apnea.

Students who experienced a concussion were more likely to engage in potentially risky and dangerous behaviors than their peers who were not concussed, an analysis showed. However, researchers could not establish causality.