Health Update

Concussions More Likely Second Time Around: High school and college football players who suffer concussions are three times more likely than other football players to suffer concussions later in the same season, concludes a study from the University of North Carolina.

The highest incidences of injury were at the high school and Division III college levels, according to the study's lead researcher, Kevin M. Guskiewicz. Division III institutions tend to be smaller than other National Collegiate Athletic Association colleges.

The study, published in the September-October issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine , suggests that the brain is more susceptible to injury when it has not had enough time to recover...