Concussions in women athletes: Rates, symptoms & recovery are different

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EXCERPT: Scientists have known for more than a decade that female athletes sustain concussions at a higher rate than males when playing sports with similar rules, such as soccer, basketball and baseball/softball. Females also tend to report more symptoms—and more severe ones--and may also take longer to recover from brain injuries than their male counterparts. Despite that information, relatively little is known about how females experience concussions differently because there has been scant research on the topic. But scientists are trying to hoping to change that...

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