A recent article published by Forbes discusses a study by Zachary Y. Kerr et al. that explored differences in concussion risk for high school athletes based on the sport and gender of the players. Among “sex-comparable” sports, they found that concussion rates, as well as the proportions of recurrent concussions, were higher in girls than in boys.

A study by Todd W. Lyons et al. published in Frontiers of Neurology found racial differences in emergency room visits for children with sports-related head injuries.

Part of Harvard’s Football Players Health Study found an association between concussions suffered while playing in the NFL and low testosterone and erectile dysfunction later in life. Head trauma injuries to the pituitary gland likely cause low testosterone levels, and the authors believe that the results have implications for everyone who has experienced a head injury.

The Journal of Pediatric Psychology recently published a study by Charlotte Gagner et al. that documents how mTBI in early childhood can lead to changes in externalizing behaviors (actions towards others) and internalizing behaviors (attitudes towards the self) overtime.

Melissa Martin, a former cheerleader at the University of California at Berkeley, has filed a lawsuit against the school, her coaches, and USA Cheer, for negligent treatment after being diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome.

A Washington Post article by James Ludden and Eben Novy-Williams discusses the impacts of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in sports. They also point out inconsistencies in the public’s reaction to CTE risk.

In a study published in Annals of Neurology, authors Jesse Mez et al. examined the brains of deceased athletes for evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and found that the risk of CTE approximately doubled for every 2.6 years spent playing American football.

An article published in Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach demonstrates that giving athletes the skills necessary to report a concussion could be a useful way to address the issue of under-reported concussions.

Since TBIs are not studied as a domestic violence issue, clinicians are often unprepared for disclosures of domestic violence and may attribute survivors’ concussion-like symptoms to mental illness or trauma from abuse. Meanwhile, many of the organizations aimed at helping survivors of domestic violence are not prepared to help with TBIs.

According to Medscape, a study found the "risk for developing MS overtime nearly doubled in this population compared with people without a history of concussion."

A clinical report in Pediatrics by Andrew Watson et al., generated by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness discusses risk factors and prevention tactics for youth injuries in soccer.

In an interview for Contemporary Pediatrics, two doctors discuss some effective treatments for dealing with concussion symptoms in children.

Given that collisions from heading are the main cause of concussions in soccer, the University of Washington Sports Institute saw a need for a program to help teach youth soccer players better heading techniques. As a result, they launched the Aerial program in collaboration with a former professional player and another organization.

Currently, patients are not tested for traumatic brain injuries in forensic nursing exams following domestic violence, strangulation, or rape. However, according to a study in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma conducted by Bridget Ralston et al. from the University of Arizona, testing for TBIs could help victims seek and receive proper medical care.

In an article published in The Sport Journal, Luis Gude and Gillian Hotz, from the University of Miami, argue that cheerleading involves complex acrobatic maneuvers that put participants at risk for serious injuries—especially concussions; denying that cheerleading is a sport means denying its participants access to the same concussion resources provided for other athletes.

Researchers tested male and female adolescent mice, with different severities of TBI, for sensitivity to the rewarding effects of cocaine. The male mice showed increased sensitivity after TBI, but the females with high levels of female sex hormones at the time of their TBI showed neuroprotection against cocaine sensitivity.