A breakthrough blood test could diagnose a concussion in just 15 minutes. The test, which picks up proteins released into the blood by dying brain cells, can detect almost two-thirds of traumatic head ...

A device that instantly diagnoses concussion by testing a player’s saliva could be available to use in football by 2022. Premier League stars are currently taking part in a study, where those who have ...

A test that could help detect the severity of a concussion is a step closer after researchers found a specific protein present in patients with a certain type of head injury. Scientists have ...

Concussions have become big business in the football world. With 1,700 players in the NFL, 66,000 in the college game, 1.1 million in high school and 250,000 more in Pop Warner, athletes and families ...

Experts believe the findings will take the guesswork out of identifying and managing concussion. They have found that the secret to reliably diagnosing potentially devastating concussions lies in the ...

A saliva test can accurately detect concussion in elite male rugby players, potentially allowing such injuries to be diagnosed during a match across numerous sports in the future. The SCRUM study, led ...

Researchers hope to develop a saliva test to diagnose concussion in female athletes by the end of the year. A trial of male elite rugby union players who had head injury assessments (HIAs) helped ...

THE RaboDirect Pro12 league will next month introduce the controversial concussion assessment that has been criticised across the globe. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you ...

Travis Kelce is revisiting a moment he’d like to forget — but didn’t —from Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills. The Kansas City Chiefs star, who took a brutal helmet to the chest just before ...

"Neuropsychological testing seemed to be becoming the fallback for the people involved in football to say, 'We're doing something about concussions,'" he says. "And through skillful marketing, ImPACT ...