Concussion in sport continues to make headlines, whether it be class actions, young men flocking to the highly violent "RunIt" activity or debate about whether Australian rules football should remove ...
Cowboys defensive lineman Marshawn Kneeland died by suicide in November 2025 at age 24.
A recent move from a leading insurance provider has made it more difficult for AFL and AFLW players to access brain injury insurance. In March, Zurich Australia announced concussion and head trauma ...
Modern helmets couldn't save him. Nothing could.
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The mother of the man who killed four people at a Manhattan office tower home to the NFL told 911 dispatchers during a 2022 incident when he threatened to kill himself that he suffered from a ...
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As many as one in three former NFL players believe they have a chronic ...
A new study found that one in four children (25.3 percent) who have been discharged from the emergency room after a mild head injury are misdiagnosed and continue to suffer from persistent ...
When most people think about the lingering effects of a concussion, they picture persistent headaches, light sensitivity, or forgetfulness. But a new study published in Human Brain Mapping (2025) ...
Ontario’s Minister of Sport, 71-year-old Neil Lumsden, recently announced his decision to donate his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation Canada to support research on brain injuries. Lumsden ...
A research paper published in June found almost a third of parents surveyed said they stopped their children from playing ...
Findings of the study: 25.3% of children who come to the emergency room with a mild head injury suffer from Persistent Post-concussion Syndrome (PPCS) and are mistakenly diagnosed as suffering from ...