Energy Drinks: What Teenagers, Doctors, and Parents Should Know

Lindsay Barton — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 15:30:30 -0500

Top-selling energy drinks contain high, unregulated amounts of caffeine, as well as other stimulants which can enhance the effects of caffeine and produce harmful health effects in adolescents, warns a new article in the journal Pediatrics in Review.¹

Are Concussed Athletes Being Returned To Play While Still Cognitively Impaired?

Lindsay Barton — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:43:13 -0500

A significant number of concussed student-athletes may be cleared to return to play despite being cognitively impaired, finds an important new study.¹

Of concussed student-athletes who reported no symptoms and had returned to baseline on computerized neurocognitive tests taken before beginning a graduated return to sports protocol,² researchers found that more than a quarter (27.7%) exhibited declines in verbal and visual memory on the tests following moderate exercise.

Effect of Concussion On Children's Brains Linger Long After Symptoms Clear

Lindsay Barton — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:50:22 -0500

Structural abnormalities in children's brains persist in children and teens for months after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion, even when symptoms have cleared and results on neurocognitive tests have returned to normal, finds a sobering new study¹ in the Journal of Neuroscience.

Many U.S. High Schools Unprepared For Cardiac Emergency

Sun, 05 May 2013 14:49:53 -0400

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is the leading cause of sudden death in exercising young athletes, but despite data showing that early defibrillation with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) can save nearly two-thirds of student-athletes who suffer SCA, many U.S. high schools are not prepared to respond to an SCA or have significant deficiencies that could be improved, a new study finds. (1)

Athletes' Resistance To Self-Reporting of Concussion Continues Despite Increased Education

Brooke de Lench — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:00:45 -0400

Athletes continue to underreport concussion (1) even when they know the signs and symptoms and that they risk serious injury if they continue to play with a concussion or return too soon from injury the (2,3)

The findings suggest that efforts to change the culture of contact and collision sports and the attitudes of athletes towards reporting concussion through education, don't appear to be working, at least so far.

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Energy Drinks: What Teenagers, Doctors, and Parents Should Know

Are Concussed Athletes Being Returned To Play While Still Cognitively Impaired?

Effect of Concussion On Children's Brains Linger Long After Symptoms Clear

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Athletes' Resistance To Self-Reporting of Concussion Continues Despite Increased Education