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Top Health Story #15: Head Injuries & Sports

Sidney Crosby, hockey’s biggest star, couldn’t play for 10 months following hits to the head in consecutive games in January, and then was benched indefinitely again with concussion-like symptoms after only eight games. Nearly 450,000 sports-related head injuries were treated in emergency rooms in 2009.

Learn more from the Cleveland Clinic and our other partners:

-What increases my risk for a concussion? 
http://www.sharecare.com/question/what-increases-risk-for-concussion

-Which sports experiences the most sports concussions? 
http://www.sharecare.com/question/which-sports-experience-most-concussions

-Can concussions be prevented? http://www.sharecare.com/question/can-concussions-be-prevented

-What is a “stinger” injury?
 http://www.sharecare.com/question/what-is-a-stinger-injury

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Anne Krueger

A print editor turned digital junkie, Anne launched parenting.com during her tenure as Editor-in-Chief of Parenting magazine and blogged at health.com while Executive Editor at Health magazine. She launched themotherboard.com and has worked at hgtv.com and lifescript.com.

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