NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids who suffer concussions should be cleared by a doctor before they start playing sports again, and parents and coaches should be aware that young athletes take longer to recover than college and professional athletes, according to a new report in Pediatrics. The recommendations come from the American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on Sports Medicine and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than 100,000 U.S. children visit the emergency room for a concussion each year, with many discharged without instructions to get needed follow-up care, a new study suggests. The findings, published in the Journal of Pediatrics, appear to be the first estimate of how many children are treated for concussions in U.S. ERs ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 15 people were injured, some seriously, after a grenade was thrown into a crowded bar in the internationally-popular Mexican beach resort of Puerto Vallarta on Wednesday night, media reported. Four of the injured people lost limbs in the attack, which occurred around midnight, newspaper El Universal reported on its website on Thursday morning. Approximately 100 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The chances of surviving a gunshot or a car crash may vary across North America, researchers have found, suggesting room for improvement in some healthcare systems. Based on data from six U.S. and three Canadian sites, the researchers estimate that there are more than 125,000 severe traumatic injuries in North America every year. They ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A nationwide study from Japan shows chest compressions did little to help people who'd collapsed but didn't have underlying heart disease, such as those who had drowned or suffocated. Only 1.5 percent survived a month or more without crippling brain damage, even though bystanders had pumped on their chests to keep blood flowing ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - More than 20 people were killed and over 100 were injured in two explosions in Iran's southeastern city of Zahedan Thursday night, a provincial emergency official was quoted as saying by IRNA news agency . "In the two explosions in Zahedan more than 20 people were killed and over 100 were injured," Fariborz Rashedi, the head of the ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Uruguay's captain and inspirational defender Diego Lugano may not be able to shake off a knee injury in time for the South Americans' World Cup semi-final against Netherlands, he said on Sunday. "It's complicated because the time between one match and another is very short," said Lugano, who limped off after damaging a right knee ligament ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - You shouldn't worry too much if your kid hits his or her head and the doctor says it's just a minor injury, Canadian researchers said Monday. While some grownups may experience delayed, and potentially fatal, bleeding in the brain after even minor accidents, this phenomenon is exceedingly rare in children, the researchers found. "One ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia's former world number one Dinara Safina has withdrawn from Wimbledon because of injury, tournament organizers said on Saturday. Safina, who was seeded 20th for the grand-slam event which starts on Monday, has a lower back injury. Her position in the draw will now be taken by American Melanie Oudin who becomes the 33rd seed. Stephanie Dubois ...

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Six people were injured in a crowd crush at Cape Town's main World Cup fan zone on Thursday when thousands of fans attempted to get into the venue, a city spokesman said. "People were anxious to get in and just surged ahead. Fortunately it was a contained incident and calm was restored quickly," city spokesman Pieter ...