Concussions aren’t just sports injuries. Doctors say falls can leave young kids with hidden symptoms that linger if not ...

Study finds one in four kids under 6 develop prolonged symptoms after head injuries.

More than 300,000 children under age 5 visit emergency rooms annually in the United States for concussions, with new research ...

When most people think of concussion, the first type of patient that comes to mind is a youth athlete. However, concussion is also common in early childhood, largely due to kids' naturally exploratory ...

Caring for children with concussions can be daunting for pediatricians because these visits usually involve checking mental status and neurologic exams, said Corinna Rea, MD, MPH, pediatrician at ...

A couple of weeks ago, eight-year-old Liam Ramsay-Leavitt of Martinez, Calif., was swinging on the monkey bars at school. "And then I just fell on my side," he says. "I was kind of dizzy and I had an ...

Kids can get head injuries in any number of ways, and a recent study explored how recovery differs when a concussion is a result of a sports injury versus non-sports related. The researchers learned ...

Because young children don't have the words to communicate their symptoms, some concussions are missed or even misdiagnosed.

Doctors have gotten much better at diagnosing and treating sports-related concussions, which is a good thing since Americans suffer up to 4 million sports-related concussions a year. But we're not so ...

York University concussion experts report that children and youth take longer to fully recover from a concussion than previously thought. After a concussion, young athletes usually rejoin their teams ...