Are Young Athletes Risking Brain Damage?
From: MIT Technology Review - 12/14/2015
By: Amanda Schaffer

The chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) issue now extends far beyond the
NFL to children who play football, soccer, hockey, and other sports,
especially because new research is revealing the pervasiveness of head injury
in young athletes. Neuroscientists are finding that concussion can affect
brain function in subtle ways, and that kids may have a special
vulnerability. It’s possible that better helmets and other equipment could
play some role in reducing the risk, but they are unlikely to solve the
problem. It’s time to change the rules of the games.

Read the entire article at:
http://www.technologyreview.com/review/544466/are-young-athletes-risking-brain-damage

Links:
Bennet Omalu, Concussions, and the NFL: How One Doctor Changed Football
  Forever
http://www.gq.com/story/nfl-players-brain-dementia-study-memory-concussions

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a National Football League player
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15987548

An Impact-Sensing Skullcap for Sports
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429751/emtech-reebok-and-mc10-will-launch-an-impact-sensing-skullcap-for-sports

Can helmet design reduce the risk of concussion in football?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24484225