Research to prevent and better treat brain injury is incomplete, the Institute of Medicine says. Reluctance to report trauma endangers young athletes, it says.
As American children play team sports in greater numbers and with growing intensity, their risk of getting a concussion has grown but the science of preventing, diagnosing and treating this increasingly frequent brain injury remains maddeningly incomplete, a group of experts warned Wednesday.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/yHM_YGrxCEI/la-sci-youth-sports-concussions-20131031,0,5302832.story
As American children play team sports in greater numbers and with growing intensity, their risk of getting a concussion has grown but the science of preventing, diagnosing and treating this increasingly frequent brain injury remains maddeningly incomplete, a group of experts warned Wednesday.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/yHM_YGrxCEI/la-sci-youth-sports-concussions-20131031,0,5302832.story
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