An online course for health care professionals is the latest addition to the CDC Heads Up initiative, a program to educate specific audiences (such as parents, coaches, school nurses) about concussions and mild TBIs. The "Heads Up to Clinicians: Addressing Concussion in Sports Among Kids and Teens" was developed with support from the CDC Foundation and the National Football League.

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The number of children and teenagers presenting at hospital emergency departments for evaluation of nonfatal traumatic brain injury related to sports and recreation activities grew by more than 60% between 2001 and 2009, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Oct. 6.

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