Concussions in Football: What We Know We Don't Know

(Inside Science) -- Gerry Gioia’s 3-year-old grandson already enjoys kicking a ball around. He might grow up to be an athlete, like his mother and his grandfather. Gioia hopes organized sports will give his grandson a lifetime of fun, friendships, lessons about endurance and loss, and countless physical benefits. But if he wants to play football or another contact sport, will he be safe? That’s the hardest question for doctors like Gioia to answer.

“I care about that question my daughter will ask me, that every parent in the world cares about: Is my kid doing an activity that puts them at risk?” said Gioia, chief of pediatric neuropsychology at Children's National Health System in Washington, D.C. “Are there certain sports where we should be doing something different?”

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