Childhood concussions have doubled in 10 years

A story in the NY Times reports on a new study:

"The number of child athletes taken to emergency rooms with sports-related concussions doubled over a recent 10-year-period, a new study reports, even though participation in team sports decreased slightly during the period, from 1997 to 2007."

This must change

Should the rules of hockey be different for kids?

Medical doctor, NHL coach say kids shouldn't learn to hit until later teen years says the headline. But commenters on The Hockey News website say that children should be allowed to hit each other when playing hockey.

I hope that more studies of this issue get funded -- and that the results are made public.

Link Between Head Injuries and Lou Gehrig's Disease

It seems obvious that head injuries would do all sorts of nasty things to the body, but here's more proof of that.

I hope professional sports will start to take this issue seriously.

How Many Bad Calls?

Nate Silver sets us straight on how we should expect referees to perform.