http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Despite knowing the risk of serious injury from playing football with a concussion, half of high school football players would continue to play if they had a headache stemming from an injury sustained on the field. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-teen-athletes-concussion-symptoms.html Pediatrics Mon, 06 May 2013 04:42:28 EST news287034129 The style of your running shoes isn't just making a fashion statement. It may be controlling the way you run and setting you up for injuries down the road. That's what researchers at the University of Kansas Hospital found when they put a dozen high school athletes through their paces on a treadmill. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-people.html Health Fri, 05 Apr 2013 09:50:01 EST news284369544 In a recent study, UW researchers sought to understand why high school athletes do not report concussive symptoms. The researchers conducted focus groups with 50 male and female Seattle-area varsity athletes from a variety of sports. They learned that although athletes could list concussive symptoms and understood the possible long term complications, when faced with potential concussive injury scenarios, athletes said they would not report symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-high-school-athletes-concussive-symptoms.html Health Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:00:39 EST news277628434 Researchers have found clear, identifiable factors that signal whether an athlete will experience concussive symptoms beyond one week. The researchers sought to identify risk factors for prolonged concussion symptoms by examining a large national database of high school athletes' injuries. Previous concussion studies were limited in scope, focusing only on male football players. The information from this study applies to male and female athletes from a number of different sports. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-factors-prolonged-sports-concussion-symptoms.html Health Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:17:48 EST news277575460 The ability to focus and switch tasks readily amid distractions was compromised for up to two months following brain concussions suffered by high school athletes, according to a study at the University of Oregon. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cognitive-deficits-concussions-months.html Health Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:33:02 EST news276784367 (HealthDay)—Fractures account for about 10 percent of all injuries suffered by U.S. high school athletes, and can have a major physical, emotional and financial impact on the young competitors, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-fractures-high-toll-school-athletes.html Health Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:00:04 EST news273861651 Despite an increase in media attention, as well as national and local efforts to educate athletes on the potential dangers of traumatic brain injuries, a new study found that many high school football players are not concerned about the long-term effects of concussions and don't report their own concussion symptoms because they fear exclusion from play. The abstract, "Awareness and Attitudes of High School Athletes Towards Concussions," was presented on Oct. 22, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-high-school-football-players-concussions.html Pediatrics Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:20:57 EST news270094843 Adolescent athletes who slept eight or more hours each night were 68 percent less likely to be injured than athletes who regularly slept less, according to an abstract presented Sunday, Oct. 21, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-lack-tied-teen-sports-injuries.html Pediatrics Sun, 21 Oct 2012 05:10:57 EST news270015057 (HealthDay) -- Sports-related kidney injuries occur significantly less frequently than other injuries in high school athletes, according to a study published online June 18 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-sports-related-kidney-injuries-rare-high.html Pediatrics Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:40:01 EST news259243629 New research out of Michigan State University reveals female athletes and younger athletes take longer to recover from concussions, findings that call for physicians and athletic trainers to take sex and age into account when dealing with the injury. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-female-younger-athletes-longer-concussions.html Health Tue, 08 May 2012 13:19:14 EST news255701913 Male high school athletes' ability to recognize and intervene to stop dating violence -- the physical, sexual and emotional aggression prevalent in adolescent romantic relationships -- is improved with the intervention of some of the most important role models in young men's lives: their coaches. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-boys-men-effective-tool-teen.html Health Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:53:08 EST news251956381 (Medical Xpress) -- High school student-athletes need about 10-14 days to acclimate their bodies to the heat stress in preseason practices in late July and August each year and gradual acclimatization to these conditions can help minimize the risk of exertional heat illnesses, or EHI, according to a three-year study by University of Georgia researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-uga-ghsa-aiming-exertional-illness.html Health Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:37:58 EST news251620660 (HealthDay) -- Each year, between one and six of every 100,000 U.S. children are a victim of sudden cardiac death. In many of these cases, underlying, undiagnosed heart trouble is responsible, and a new study suggests that routine mass electrocardiogram (EKG) screening could help identify these problems earlier, and potentially save children's lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-ekg-fatal-heart-conditions-children.html Cardiology Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:03:17 EST news250531347