By: Joseph Devine | 2010-03-26 | Health & Fitness Concussions are the most common form of brain trauma injury, and occur when the brain hits the skull. The word "concussion" has been used to describe this injury for centuries, and has become kind of a catch-all term for any traumatic brain injury. The more medically correct term is "mild traumatic brain injury" (MTBI), although this is used almost exclusively in the medical community. Usually, concussions involve either temporary or permanent brain damage, which makes them especially dangerous. read more
By: adameric | 2010-12-21 | Health & Fitness If your child has any signs or symptoms, keep them out of high-level physical activities (including sports) to let their brain reorganize itself - no matter how much they object. Their brain is worth fighting for.Other symptoms and signs of concussions in children are more readily recognizable. read more
By: kitt | 2010-10-06 | Jewelry In recent years the NFL has had pressure to conduct experiments to find out the long-term effects of concussions. read more
By: paulbruce | 2011-01-24 | Health & Fitness In many ways, a concussion is like a bruising of the brain, and as such there are some serious medical issues that can go along with the damage. read more
By: George Murphy | 2011-01-01 | Hobbies The proper diagnoses and treatment of concussions in athletes of all ages is becoming paramount in importance as incidents proliferate. read more
By: Andrew Yellen, Ph.D. | 2010-05-20 | Health & Fitness Did you ever ask how it is determined that a football player with a concussion and wobbly legs from being knocked almost unconscious and being carried to the sideline is ruled to come back to the game in a few minutes? Did you ever ponder how a boxer lying on the canvas after a hurtful shot to the chin, obviously carrying on a concussion, staggers to his feet only to be regarded fit to contin read more
By: Michael | 2010-10-11 | Baseball Shamel David has emerged as one of Southern Nevada's most prolific running backs this football season. The first two games of the fall, however, the Rancho High School senior watched his teammates from the sidelines as he recovered from a concussion. read more
By: Rose | 2011-08-29 | Shopping The Axon hearing aid is an electroacoustic device that is made for those who have a difficulty in hearing or with hearing loss. It is high quality with internal circuit board to look more natural. It is small sized with volume control so you can adjust to your preference. It is very comfortable and more effective compared to those over prized branded hearing aids. read more
By: rainie | 2011-08-24 | Gadgets and gizmos It has been proved that people have never been exposed to more harmful sounds and noises than they are now. There are loud noises coming from everywhere – discos, clubs and even in the center of the town. So there should be no surprise that more and more people suffer from partial or even full hearing loss. Therefore, ear amplifier hearing aids such as the Axon hearing aids are becoming more and more important, and of greater and greater usefulness. read more
By: Michael | 2010-09-30 | Basketball WASHINGTON -- The House has voted to set federal guidelines on managing concussions among student athletes and protecting young people suffering head injuries from long-term health problems. read more
By: ddew | 2010-11-30 | Sales LME cu Wednesday in supply, recipients receive high suspicions and and economic data. LME copper 8270 dollars, Shanghai 10,305.77 LME copper first fall after closing after inflation read more
By: feifei | 2011-08-15 | Gadgets and gizmos Hearing aids are like blessing for those who have some sort of hearing loss or deficiency. The axon hearing aids offer quite a large range of such devices that will fulfill your requirement of having a good hearing instrument. All these axon hearing aids are packed with strong technical features like pressure of sound for them is of 129 DB with a slight adjustment of 4 DB. The frequency of this device ranges from 450-3000 Hz and required operating voltage is also not much at less than 4 mA. read more
By: kitty | 2011-04-06 | Hockey In a move to help better diagnose concussions, the Pittsburgh Penguins are initiating a program that will offer free baseline testing for youth hockey players in... read more
By: carol | 2011-08-25 | Health & Fitness According to a recent survey, more and more people, especially the elder, complain about having problems with hearing. What they report is partial or even full hearing loss, without a specific disease or factor involved. Actually, there is a factor involved! People nowadays are exposed to more and more harmful sounds and noises. An experiment shows that in Los Angeles, there is no place where the noise is within the recommended and harmless range of 60 decibels. read more