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Do You Know the Signs of Sports Concussion? AAN Expert Available for Interviews
Newswise — Child Sports Concussion/Head Injury - Dr. James Kelly, Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and author of the AAN's Sports Concussion Guideline, can answer your questions about concussion suffered by children and adults while playing football, hockey and other fall and winter sports. Each year in the United States about 1.5 million people sustain a brain injury. Brain injury is a major cause of death and disability for children and adults. Shocking as it sounds, more children in the United States die of brain injury than any other cause.
Contact: James Kelly, MD, Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology
The American Academy of Neurology, an association of more than 20,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals, is dedicated to improving patient care through education and research. A neurologist is a doctor with specialized training in diagnosing, treating, and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and stroke.
For more information about the American Academy of Neurology, visit www.aan.com or http://www.thebrainmatters.org.
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