Courtesy of: Your Rio Vista Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna Health Alert: Steroids Linked to Concussion in High School Athletes. Using data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, researchers report that 55% of high school athletes with a history of steroid use have sustained a mild-traumatic brain injury, which is more than twice the rate of non-steroid teen athletes at 20%. The research team note...

Courtesy of: Your Rio Vista Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna                                                                                                              Health Alert: Is Pediatric Brain Injury Linked to Epilepsy? Among a group of nearly 72,000 children treated for traumatic brain injury, researchers observed that such patients had a fourteen-times increased risk for developing epilepsy in the fo...

Courtesy of: Your Rio Vista Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna Health Alert: Curling Irons Can Pose a Hazard for Kids. Between 2013 and 2022, nearly 31,000 children and teens in the United States received treatment for burns associated with hair curler and curling iron use. It's crucial for parents and other caregivers to keep such products out of the reach of young children and to educate and/or supervise olde...

Courtesy of: Your Rio Vista Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna Health Alert: Concussion Linked to Brain Issues Later in Life. In a recent animal study, researchers observed that a mild-traumatic brain injury sustained during adolescence resulted in ongoing signs of neuroinflammation and oxidative stress that persisted into middle age in rats, which manifested as impaired cognitive function, anxiety, and depress...