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Concerned about Concussions: Athletes and Actors
Teachers have often worried about athletes and concussions. New research suggests we should worry about actors and concussions as well. Two-thirds of professional actors suffer concussions, and 30% experience five or more. Those numbers encourage us to keep our eyes on student actors and techies. Continue reading
The Most Concussive High School Sport?
Brain research can be thrilling; it can be useful; it can be confusing. This article is–frankly–depressing. Over ten years, from 2005 to 2015, the authors find that the number concussions has more than doubled–even though the sports participation rate has