The play is called, the ball is snapped, is your player prepared for what comes next? Three million American children - ages 6 to 14 - play organized tackle football, placing it among the country's ...

Right now is a great time for cycling for both adults and children, but a lot of kids are missing a key piece of safety gear when they ride: a helmet. May is Bicycle Safety Month, and it's a time when ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

KELLER - A year after 16-year-old Jarrod Snell suffered a series of concussions playing football, he's still experiencing side effects. I slept for 20 hours a day and I had a lot of symptoms, Snell ...

As doctors learn more about the harmful long-term effects of concussions, new research suggests a properly fitting helmet greatly reduces the severity of injury. In an analysis of nearly 1,400 ...

Video: Dr. Michael Schaefer of MetroHealth Medical Center explains how an ill-fitting helmet can actually increase the chance of an injury. A concussion is caused by a blow the the head. In sports, ...

Many athletes, from football players to equestrians, rely on helmets to protect their heads from impacts or falls. However, a loose or improperly fitted helmet could leave them vulnerable to traumatic ...