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After diving, or slide-tackling, a ball during a game at the end of the season, Mayer sustained a concussion that caused short term memory loss and eventually forced her to leave school--and the team.
In Austin, Nev., a rickety mining town whose gold ore was exhausted years ago, junk-shop proprietor Leo Wolfers is sweeping up a pile of window glass shattered by a mysterious sonic boom. Wolfers is used to the screaming fighter jets that take off from nearby Fallon Naval Air Station...
Her leap into adulthood has become increasingly troubled. Baiul was arrested in Connecticut last week for driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless driving after she swerved off the road and hit some small trees. She was admitted to a local hospital, where doctors put 12 stitches in her...
BLOOMFIELD, Conn: Hailed in 1993 as an ethereal "ice princess" by TIME's Susanna Schrobsdorff, Oksana Baiul is attempting to set her crown straight after skidding her green Mercedes off the highway and into some Connecticut shrubbery Sunday morning. An unknown Ukrainian orphan who first emerged as an international sports...
--Talk about a headache. Using PET-scan imaging, researchers find that a CONCUSSION can cause cell damage that persists for several months in an area of the brain related to cognitive functioning. Patients, while not usually severely disabled, are often left with problems in performing difficult tasks.