GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — After a hard hit during a Thursday night game last month, Carolina Panthers Defensive Captain Luke Kuechly has been on the sidelines in concussion protocol. The hit and ...

Until Monday, it seemed like Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius would forever have to shoulder the burden of two errors that likely cost the club a Champions League title. But now, after a concussion ...

Irritability, headache, nausea, light sensitivity, forgetfulness, insomnia. Ask someone with a concussion about what it feels like, and you are likely to hear some of these descriptors. Vertigo, brain ...

A concussion, or mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), happens when a blow or jolt to the head or body causes the brain to move rapidly back and forth inside the skull. Concussions are considered a “mild ...

It might surprise you, but doctors’ understanding of concussions is still in its infancy. In this podcast, we ask neurosurgeon Dr. Greg Hawryluk to bring us up to speed on what we know and what we don ...

The NFL has specific guidelines for handling players who may have been concussed, but you might not have known it by watching the league's season opener between the Broncos and Panthers. The league's ...

Some parents won’t let their kids play sports due to concussion risks. A new survey found that parents are also limiting their children only to certain sports because of head injury concerns. When ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

Recent documentaries and dramatizations portray concussion as a common cause of long-term neurological disability and the direct cause of a chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative ...

At age 15, Jamie is a keen soccer player who loves nothing more than getting stuck into every tackle, practice and game. As a result, Jamie experiences injury like any young person might do. During a ...