It was once an unsightly scene in Cleveland on Thursday evening, when Myles Garrett ripped off Mason Rudolph’s helmet and struck him with it. But experts in head and brain injuries told USA TODAY Sports it could’ve been far worse. “The number one thing you’d worry about (when) being hit in the head by a…
The ending of UFC 244’s headliner fight between Jorge Masvidal and Nate Diaz did not sit well for many fans. After three full rounds of action, New York neurologist Dr. Nitin K. Sethi decided to stop the fight, giving “Gamebred” the TKO win. The reason for the stoppage was the cuts Diaz had on the…
The rates of football practice concussions and recurrent concussions across all sports have gone down in recent years, according to the study, published in the journal Pediatrics on Tuesday. The bad news: Concussion rates increased in football games.The study found trends in concussion rates not only for football but also more than a dozen other…
American boxer Patrick Day was fighting for his life in critical condition in hospital on Sunday night after lapsing into a coma following a vicious knockout by Charles Conwell the night before. The 27-year-old Day suffered a “traumatic injury” and underwent emergency brain surgery Saturday night after being knocked out by Conwell in a super…
Humans love sweet foods. We have been looking to satisfy our sweet tooth for centuries. Sugar is a simple carbohydrate that happens naturally in foods such as grains, beans, vegetables, and fruit. When it is left unprocessed, it is good for you. Refined table sugar, which is sucrose, is very different. Derived from either sugar…
A stuntman fatally injured on set of The Walking Dead fell head-first onto concrete about 22 feet, an assistant director told authorities. Assistant director Matthew Goodwin told a responding officer that John Bernecker was supposed to fall from a balcony over a railing onto “a pad made of a layer of 22-inch boxes, port-a-pit pads,…
Sports participation is the second most common cause of head injury, behind motor vehicle accidents, among 15- to 24-year-olds. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become a major public health concern, and it is the responsibility of the medical community to protect athletes from suffering permanent brain damage. In the field of sports medicine, there remains…
Ever since former New England Patriots star Rob Gronkowski retired in March, fans have been wondering if he will ever return to the NFL. “I went through and had nine surgeries. I probably had like 20 concussions in my life. I remember five blackout ones.” “Now, I feel great,” he added. “I feel faster and…
CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease found in people with a history of repetitive brain trauma. Most of the brains belonged to men. To football players. Less than 5 percent belonged to women. Yet, we know that female athletes have endured repetitive blows to the head, too. Girls soccer players, in particular,…
A teenager wakes up every morning thinking it is 11 June as her memory “resets” every two hours after she was kicked in the head. Riley Horner, 16, has no recollection of the day she suffered a traumatic head injury after she was hit by a student crowdsurfing at a dance. She has woken every…