Popular winter sports like skiing, snowboarding, sledding, ice hockey, snowmobiling and more can put athletes at risk for concussions. The article, “Avoid Traumatic Brain Injury While Playing Winter Sports,” by Brain & Life dives deeper into these injuries to the head and the effects on athletes. The article explains these injuries happen when the brain […]
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A recent review “The Long-Term Effects of Repeated Concussions in Contact Sports,” by Riaz Ahmed (Premier Journal of Science, 2025), found that repeated concussions can have lasting effects on memory, attention, and emotional health. The review highlights that multiple injuries increase the risk of cognitive decline and even neurodegenerative disease over time. This research is especially
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A recent article “What Happens When a University Football Player Takes Repeated Head Impacts?” by Michelle Werdann, University of Nevada highlights a growing concern for athletes: the effect of repeated head impacts on brain function, even when no concussion is diagnosed. The study referred to in this article shows that subtle changes in eye movement,
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