PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A specialized collar may help reduce brain injuries in student athletes. Researchers at Children's Hospital of Cincinnati outfitted a girls soccer team with a collar that ...

The collar is increases blood in the head, so that it acts like a cushion. Team sports build character, teach discipline and keep your kids healthy, but for some sports, like soccer and football, they ...

University of Toronto anesthesiologist Joseph Fisher, MD, says a collar no tighter than a set of headphones worn around the neck during games could protect athletes from head injuries during sports, ...

There are horse collars, and then there are Q-Collaars. Gone are the days of neck rolls, neck boards and oversized shoulderpads for NFL linebackers, but the NFL is still finding ways to reduce ...

Finally, some new gear for people with severe head and neck injuries. An undergraduate team of three mechanical engineering students and three biomedical engineering students have redesigned the ...