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Dementia Risk Doubles Following Concussion, UCSF Study Shows

May 11, 2018 Posted by: Cover Three Thirsty Admin
Dementia Risk Doubles Following Concussion, UCSF Study Shows

May 7, 2018 – Dementia should join the expanding list of possible complications following a concussion, even if the patient did not lose consciousness, say researchers from UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

In their study, which tracked more than one-third of a million veterans, the likelihood of dementia was found to more than double following concussion, the researchers reported in JAMA Neurology, published May 7, 2018.

After adjusting for age, sex, race, education and other health conditions, they found that concussion without loss of consciousness led to 2.36 times the risk for dementia. These risks were slightly elevated for those in the loss-of-consciousness bracket (2.51) and were nearly four times higher (3.77) for those with the more serious moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury.

Concussions in General Population Also Risky for Dementia

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SPORTS MEDICINE JOHN DOHERTY: Safety assumptions skewed from actuality

Apr 23, 2018 Posted by: Cover Three Thirsty Admin
SPORTS MEDICINE JOHN DOHERTY: Safety assumptions skewed from actuality

Contact sports such as football, hockey, soccer, and wrestling are far more dangerous than other activities.  Nobody would be foolish enough to argue that point.  Except, perhaps, your reporter.  The most dreaded injuries in sport today are concussion and ACL tear.

As far as concussions among children are concerned, though — contrary to the generally accepted opinion — the majority occur outside contact sports. This is the conclusion offered by a comprehensive study published earlier this month in the Journal of Pediatrics.

According to the research, only 40 percent of concussions happen during contact sports. The remainder take place in limited- or non-contact sports, recreational activities, motor vehicle accidents, activities of daily living and violent incidents.

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Heads up! Rowan's Law is solid step on path to concussion awareness

Apr 21, 2018 Posted by: Cover Three Thirsty Admin
Heads up! Rowan's Law is solid step on path to concussion awareness

The passage of Rowan’s Law by the province is merely a step in the right direction.  Long overdue, especially since Ottawa-area high school rugby player Rowan Stringer died in 2013 from the impact of two concussions in a week, the concussion protocol bill was passed in March.

To be clear — legislation will not prevent concussions. For that, there is a much different conversation required to safeguard activities in which humans participate and collide with themselves or the ground.  Ontario is the first province in Canada to legislate a solid policy toward concussion treatment.

The challenge now is bringing together sports groups and athletes, the medical profession and government into an aligned system that looks out for, well, brains after the initial injury and preventing the next.

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“I don’t think concussions are exploding,” he said. “But I think recognition of concussions is exploding.”