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Published 29 December 2011 (All day) by Pat Hickey on The Montreal Gazette

TAMPA – Team Canada is chasing yet another gold medal at the World Junior Hockey Championship, but Émile Thérien has some serious concerns about the future of Canada’s national game.

Thérien is the former president of the Canada Safety Council and he was one of the leaders in...

Published 18 December 2011 (All day) by James Walsh on Star Tribune

Is it possible to experience elation putting in your own ponytail or firmly shaking hands with a stranger?

Just look at Maddy Evans' beaming face for the answer. Maddy, 16, completed a study at the University of Minnesota and Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, using a...

Published 28 November 2011 (All day) by Claire Brownell on Vancouver Sun

It took more than 24 hours of ambulance rides, sedations, scans and fear before Jay and Serena Kustra had answers for what went suddenly wrong with their two-year-old son Jackson.

"We were on edge the whole time until we knew what was going on," Serena said. "It was quite...

Published 6 October 2011 (All day) by Linda Carroll on MSNBC

Emergency room visits by children with concussions and other traumatic brain injuries from sports or other recreational activities have jumped over the last decade, a new government report shows. Doctors are divided whether it means more kids are getting hurt or parents are being more careful...

Published 14 September 2011 (All day) on ABC News

Dr. Karen Latimer on the riskiest sports for kids and symptoms to look for....

Published 15 September 2011 (All day) on ABC 4 News

The Centers for Disease Control estimates between 1.4 and 3.6 million sports and recreation-related concussions occur each year with the majority happening in High School.

Dr. Colby Hansen, from University Healthcare, stopped by to explain these injuries.

Recently, House Bill 204...

Published 13 September 2011 (All day) by Carrie Tait, James Mirtle and Sean Gordon on Globe and Mail

The introduction of mandatory testing to help reduce the damage of head injuries in young hockey players has done nothing to snuff out the controversy over concussions in sport.

Medical experts remain skeptical, if not dismissive, of decisions by some hockey associations to implement...

Published 25 August 2011 (All day) on The Oxford Times

Childhood acquired brain injury (ABI) has a devastating and life-long impact on the child and their whole family.

Bones can mend and scars can heal but a brain injury stays with you for life and has an affect on everything you think, feel and do.

An ABI is an injury to the brain...

Published 25 August 2011 (All day) by Kim Rose on Surrey Now

The saying goes, "People come into your life and go quickly. Some stay for a while and leave footprints on your heart and we are never the same."

While I understood that statement, in losing my Aunt Marlene this past month, it seemed to take on new meaning for me.

Our...

Published 26 June 2011 (All day) by Jeff Seidel on Detroit Free Press

Six-year-old Hayden Crevier lived for almost a year with a hole in his head.

After falling out of a tree, a piece of wood stabbed through his skull and stuck in his brain. He narrowly escaped paralysis, but couldn't speak.

The piece of wood -- a 1-by-1-inch section -- embedded...

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