Science explores why girls suffer lasting concussion symptoms

Compared with other medical science, concussion studies are so relatively new that trends and tendencies are still up for debate.
That includes this premise referenced at an Ottawa concussion symposium: are girls more prone to concussions than boys? And why do girls tend to take longer to recover from concussion?
Dr. Roger Zemek was the lead researcher on a comprehensive study involving more than 3,000 children between ages 5 and 18. More than 8,000 children were screened for this study, which w