Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Banning or limiting headers -- plays where the head is used to pass or shoot the ball -- is linked to a nearly 26% reduction in ...

We often think of football when we think of concussions, but girls who play high school soccer are at nearly the same risk for traumatic brain injuries as high school football players. Boys playing ...

Amateur male soccer players had greater changes in certain blood markers associated with neural damage the harder and more ...

Soccer is one of the many sports that can cause concussions. Concussions in soccer is caused by heading, goal tending and collisions with other players. Heading is when a player uses their head hit ...

PLACE AT 930, SO WITH WARMER, SUNNIER DAYS AHEAD, A LOT OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN WILL BE OUT ENJOYING YOUTH SPORTS THIS WEEKEND AND SOME NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT ONE SPORT WILL BE SAFER THANKS TO A ...

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Banning or limiting the use of headers is linked to a reduced risk of concussion in youth soccer A nearly 26% reduction in soccer-related concussions occurred after the rule change in 2016 Girls ...

Concussions have ruled the conversation around football for the better part of the last decade, but despite the growing awareness and regulations, numbers show they are only increasing, and not just ...

A national survey of U.S. children and teens found roughly 1 in 12 young athletes experiences a serious sports injury requiring medical treatment. Many of those injuries, according to sports medicine ...

A group of American parents have filed a class action lawsuit against the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and other U.S. soccer organizations, claiming that they've failed to ...

(Reuters) - A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit by soccer players and parents seeking to force FIFA and other governing bodies to change the sport's rules to limit the risk of concussions and other ...