Safe Kids USA - WASHINGTON, DC – In a new study released today, parents report 1 in 3 children who play team sports sustain injuries severe enough to require medical treatment.

Coaching Our Kids to Fewer Injuries: A Report on Youth Sports Safety, a national survey commissioned by Safe Kids Worldwide and Johnson & Johnson, reveals misperceptions and uninformed behaviors are all too common, resulting in overuse injuries, dehydration, concussions or worse. More Info

The GreenBayPressGazette.com - Student athletes suffering possible concussions may not legally return to play until cleared by a health professional, thanks to a bill that Gov. Scott Walker signed into law today at Lambeau Field. Read More

THE SEATTLE TIMES - LAKEWOOD, Pierce County — A group of the state's oldest and most feeble patients is sitting quietly in wheelchairs, just inches from a blaring television set, in this ward for dementia patients who are living under civil commitment at Western State Hospital. Read More

St. Michael’s College School, a private school in Toronto, has taken into account research that demonstrates rushing back to the classroom after a concussion can be as harmful as rushing back to athletics. In coordination with medical professionals, the school has developed the “Return to Learn” program, a six-level graduated protocol to help students integrate academically after a brain injury. The protocol begins with full bed rest at home and incrementally reintroduces class time, screen time and homework. This approach involves teachers, coaches, parents and doctors in a gradual and deliberate reintegration process. More Info

Researchers at the University of Washington continue to study treatment for TBI. They published results of a major study. The study enrolled patients treated at Harborview. They had moderate or severe TBI.

Researchers found that magnesium treatment was not effective. It neither decreased deaths nor improved functioning. Most subjects were unconscious. Family members consented for half to enroll. About half had no family there in time to ask. A waiver of consent made possible their participation. The researchers are grateful to the patients, their families and the community for their help in conducting the research. Researchers around the world continue to search for effective treatments. But TBI still leaves many with major disabilities.

The results from the study are in Lancet Neurology, a widely read medical journal. They are summarized at http://depts.washington.edu/uwtbi/Projects/magnesium.htm.