UCLA Brain Sport Program
Pediatric neurologist at UCLA, working with the UCLA BrainSPORT Program
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Meeryo Choe
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FROM Meeryo Choe
Which Way, L.A.?
Advice for Athletes and Others: Watch Your Head! Loyola High School, an all-boys Catholic campus in downtown LA, is doing something unprecedented in high-school education: testing not just the athletes who play contact sports, but every student, in case there’s need to determine if they have suffered a brain concussion. Some 500 students have completed a 45-minute exam.
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Concussions and Youth Sports Two hundred sports officials, medical experts, parent activists, and young athletes gathered at the White House today to talk about concussions in youth sports. The issue has taken on a sense of urgency since more information has come out about traumatic brain injuries in NFL football players, as well as college level players.
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