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Concussion risks higher for youth

Study highlights dangers for girls

By Anahad O’Connor

 |  New York Times  

  May 13, 2012

During a soccer game two years ago, Megan Wirtz, a goalkeeper for her high school team, was bending down to pick up a ball when an opposing player accidentally kicked her in the face.

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