MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'concussion symptoms'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:30:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2463077&cid=t_244890_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2F4S1zWYc5-is%2F Concussions are a serious head injury that can result in permanent brain damage if they’re frequent or severe enough. A concussion happens when someone hits their head hard enough for the brain to be jarred. What was once shrugged off as a minor head bump is now being taken much more seriously. As a result, sports organizations for children and teens under 18 years old have developed policies and guidelines about what to do if a player or participant sustains a concussion. A new set of guidelines, just released by an international panel of neurologists, has set up a very strict approach to preventing players from continuing play after a possible concussion. The guidelines say that anyone who has had a head injury that could be severe enough to cause a concussion may not play again fo... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2463077 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:53:17 +0100 2463077