Recently, SportsLetter commented on an HBO Real Sports special and a joint study on high school injuries conducted by researchers at The Ohio State University College of Medicine and the Center for Injury Research and Policy in the Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Today the Children's Hospital Boston blog Thrive reported on a proposed Massachusetts state bill "aimed at minimizing concussion injuries in youth athletes that would force coaches, trainers, parent volunteers and others affiliated with school athletic programs to be trained in recognizing potentially concussed athletes. The bill would also require physician authorization in order for an athlete to return to competition post-concussion." Thrive talked to Dr. Bill Meehan about concussions and the potential impact of the proposed legislation on student athletes.
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