Due to the increase of sports-related brain injuries among those age 19 and younger, health officials are now pushing for more to be done to prevent these types of injuries from happening in the first place. Overall, the number of deaths due to brain trauma has decreased. However, the number of underage athletes being seen in emergency rooms due to athletic injuries, including brain injuries, has greatly increased. In fact, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sports and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries increased 60 percent between 2001 and 2009 among those under the age of 19. This increase also comes at

Most New York City residents do not even own a car. Instead, many rely on public transportation, walking and bicycles to get to where they need to be. And now, with the bike sharing program CitiBike underway, biking may become an even more popular mode of transportation. However, what many riders may not realize is that bike accidents account for more sports-related head injuries than any other type of sport. This means that while many might hear about the dangers associated with football, the truth is that bicycle riding is even more dangerous. According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, in 2009 there were