May 19, 2016 Infant bike helmets recalled South Carolina (A.P.) -- Pacific Cycle is recalling infant bicycle helmets due to choking and magnet ingestion hazards.
May 13, 2016 Dartmouth coach: Tackle-free practice reduces concussions WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens makes a promise to recruited players before they take the field: "In four years, you will never tackle another Dartmouth football player."
May 12, 2016 Suicides rarer in some ex-NFL players but questions remain Government research on more than 3,000 retired NFL players says suicides were less common among men in this group than in the general population.
May 5, 2016 Fighters need to learn more about concussion risks, study head says Fighters need to learn more about the risks of concussion, especially during training, to protect against brain injury, a medic leading a long-term study into head trauma said.
May 2, 2016 Football concussions and resuming play vary by age, study finds A new study says youth football players are more likely to return to the field less than a day after suffering concussions than those in high school and college.
April 27, 2016 Former Olympian suffers spinal cord injury while attempting backflip A former U.S. Olympic high jumper suffered a major spinal cord injury while attempting to do a backflip at a Los Angeles university Saturday.
April 12, 2016 Study finds evidence of brain injury in living NFL veterans More than 40 percent of retired NFL players tested with advanced scanning technology showed signs of traumatic brain injury, a much higher rate than in the general population, according to a new study of the long-term risks of playing American football.
April 6, 2016 Concussion and cognitive skills: What's the impact? NEW YORK — Concussions may have lasting and widespread effects on a person's cognitive abilities, according to two new studies presented here at the Cognitive Neuroscience Society's annual meeting.
April 1, 2016 NFL players have two-fold concussion risk on colder game days, study suggests Focusing on helmet design has been one of the main approaches scientists have taken to help reduce concussion rates.
March 31, 2016 Study: Amateur football hits linked to later-life difficulty The more hits to the head an amateur football player takes, the greater his risk of developing depression, difficulty making decisions and other forms of cognitive impairment as an adult, a preliminary study suggests.
