Health & Safety Channel

With winter comes the risk of injuries and illnesses from cold-weather activity. Here are some tips for preventing and treating hypothermia, frostbite....

The best way to prevent the spread of staph infections such as the antibiotic-resistant skin infection or "super bug" known as
methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA") is to maintain good personal hygiene and avoid direct contact with skin lesions of other athletes.

Despite efforts by MomsTeam, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and others to educate athletes, parents, and coaches about concussions in sport and the dangers they pose, and increased media coverage of the subject prompted by the deaths of high-profile former NFL stars and the disabling of numerous other football players from the long-term effects of multiple concussions, myths and misconceptions about concussions still abound.

A mouth guard is a piece of soft plastic shaped to fit inside the mouth, protecting the lips, cheeks, tongue and teeth and the jaw when they are hit by large object - like a ball, or someone's elbow or head. Mouth guards help prevent injury to the mouth, teeth, lips, cheeks and tongue. Whether they also protect against concussion is unclear. What is clear is that mouth guards are an important piece of safety equipment that should not be overlooked.