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HealthDay News
Most injuries to student-athletes occur during routine practices, but only about a third of public high schools have a full-time trainer, according to the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA). As spring season approaches, NATA recommends parents and students review their school's policies and procedures on sports-related injuries. Here's what to consider.
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HealthDay News
Even after their symptoms disappear, concussion patients may still have difficulty driving, a small study suggests. The study included 14 college-age participants who were tested on a driving simulator within 48 hours after they no longer felt the effects of their concussions. Despite feeling like they had recovered from their head injuries, the patients were still likely to drive erratically.
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Dental Tribune
Nitrous oxide inhalation sedation is commonly employed to improve cooperation in children during dental procedures in particular. However, in some patients, it fails to provide adequate levels of sedation. In a recent study, researchers found that a child's temperament plays an important role in the success of the method and that it is most effective in children who are able to concentrate well, for example.
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Dentistry IQ
Implants themselves cannot decay, but the supporting bone and gum structure must be carefully maintained to protect the patient's oral health. This article, written by two dental hygienists specializing in implant care, covers basic home-care instructions you can share with your patients.
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USA Today High School Sports
The thud was loud enough to break through the cacophony of screaming fans in a packed gymnasium. It was the sound of Tia Fumasoli's head bouncing off a hardwood court. The Pine Plains, New York, asketball player leaped for a rebound and collided with an opponent. Fumasoli lost her balance and fell backward, her body crashing to the floor, then the back of her head slammed down.
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DrBisucpid.com
A treatment plan is usually based on clinical experience, clinical information and information obtained from diagnostic imaging. But when it comes to endodontic treatment planning, especially for a difficult case, do the images from a cone-beam CT (CBCT) scan actually influence how a specialist proceeds? The answer from researchers in Spain is yes.
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Health Imaging
Absent signs of cognitive decline or functional psychological falloff, retired contact-sport athletes can be helpfully but perhaps not definitively imaged for neurometabolite markers of concussion with MR spectroscopy. The modality has performed with modest sensitivity in a preliminary study published online Feb. 13 in the International Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Courier-Journal
A new study shows that flag football may actually be no safer for young athletes than tackle. In fact, injury may be more likely in flag football. The study was published Feb. 10 in the Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine. The study looked at three large youth football leagues (grades 2-7) with a total of 3,794 players.
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Cardiovascular Business
Recreational athletes who sustained a concussion had significant increases in heart rate and resting systolic blood pressure within 48 hours of the injury, according to a small study of college students. By day three, though, their heart rate and blood pressure returned to normal. The study was published in the American Journal of Physiology — Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.
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