LearningRx reviews study on concussion severity
Blood protein may determine concussion severity A study published in Neurology links higher blood levels of tau to longer periods of recover for athletes after a concussion....
read moreLearningRx reviews study of football players and CTE
Study says football players not at higher risk of neurodegenerative disease A Mayo Clinic study has found that football players do not have an increased risk of degenerative brain diseases compared to other athletes....
read moreScientists create blood test for concussions
A research team working under a program of Lawson Health Research Institute has developed a blood test to identify concussions in adolescent athletes. The test identifies the concussions with greater than 90 percent certainty....
read moreYouth football players show brain changes after just one season...
Researchers have identified white matter changes in the brains of kids after head impacts in just one season of playing football—even when there was no diagnosis of concussion....
read moreConcussion can now be diagnosed with 95% specificity
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine researchers have shown that the I-Portal Neuro Otologic Test can diagnose concussions with 95% specificity and 89% sensitivity....
read moreMild TBI can increase risk for PTSD
There’s new evidence that even mild head trauma can lead to PTSD. A new study found that about 27% of patients with mTBI had PTSD when they went back for their six-month post-injury screening....
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