dr. yochelson: i think they're much more receptive now than previously. i think they are looking at and understanding the data we have as well. as mentioned earlier, we do have to be careful about over interpreting the information we have. i think we recognize concurrent concussions are a serious problem but again, we see thousands of football players who have had recurrent concussions over their careers and many of them do not develop. we really need more data. certainly, they understand that we do need to look very carefully at the penalties and how we can protect the players, particularly if that is the primary cause of the njury. >> the nfl was definitely pushed into self-examination. they also put money toward the nih, giving $30 million to study the problem. i think going beyond football, what has happened is it is now really asking all sporting rganizations to examine what they are doing to really look at that risk reward balance. and make sure that how we are teaching kids in particular to play the game, how we are teaching officials to manage he

(sot/yochelson 12:37:41)(dr. michael yochelson/medstar hospital) "you want to understand how you prevent chronic long-term effects and save lives." (sot/charlie 12:12:17)"this certainly gives me peace of mind."(track 5)(back to mark & wund with his phone)wund's technology will be used in all dc schools and parks-and-rec centers this year.mark albert, cbs news, washington. "here's a live look dan gable arena. terry will he your final it's hard for us to drive in - but snow made some zoo animals today!snow fell on portland oregon this weekenen- and today some of the zoo's harbor seals were out enjoying the weather.they flopped around the fresh frozen precipitation. it's not clear whether they were attempting to make a snow angel - but they at least look like they're having a good time.mikhail the tiger also ventured out into the cold - you might say he's just "chillin' out". and now a final look at your forecast. forecast. this . covera on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make a

(track 4) (washington, dc/national press club)at a news conference tuesday, dr michael yochelson of medstar hospital said information needs to be recorded immediately every time a child takes a hit t 12:37:41)(dr. michael yochelson/medstar hospital) "you want to understand how you prevent chronic long-term effects and save lives." (sot/charlie 12:12:17)"this certainly gives me peace of mind."(track 5)(back to mark & wund witithis phone)wund's technology will be used in a a dc schools and parks-and-rec centers this year.mark albert, cbs news, washington. and coming up in sports sportsjarrod uthoff -- puputhe hawks on his back -- again -- how iowa -- shucked the corn huskers for the 5th straight 2. the butterburger is made of just three cuts of fresh midwest beef. nothing more, nothing less. the chuck and the plate. no fillers; that's it. all prized cut all well-marbled for richness and flavor. this is where those three wonderful cuts of beef come together. you can just tell that blend is working in there. and we sear them, and that seals in the juices of ththburger. it doesn't get any better

dr. yochelson, it sounds like what you're talking about in the d.c. area is flooding the zone with information and measuring and whatnot. very simply what is your goal? >> so, again, the goal is really to understand in a variety of different ways what is going to lead to clinical problems in the present and in the future for any individual. so without data, whether you're talking about sensors, whether you're talking about number of concussions and frequency of concussions, rate now we really sort of use the data that we have or the information that we have to guide our clinical decisions, but there's a paucity of that. so as a clinician i need the research, i need these numbers to then come back and say, okay, based on what has happened to you as an individual student athlete, this is what you should do. should you go back into the game, should you go back to school, are there any medication -- that's another thing, too, we haven't touched on at all, but are there other treatments, particularly if there are any biologic or genetic predispositions to

dr. yochelson was saying.e want them to look through all of the information they can and make the right decision. it's that connected care community that we're trying to create here by allowing these types of pieces of evaluations to be accessible by authorized administrators. there's specific evaluations, standard concussion assessment tool for athletic trainers. but in there's no athletic trainer, the cir would be available for parents and coaches to go through and go through some type of recognition process. >> you wouldn't be able to go into the app store and download this app no matter who you are? it would have to be through an authorized person or school system would authorize to you have access? >> it's not a stand alone. it's part of an ecosystem that's deployed by the governing organization in washington. it's been made available for every youth sport and youth athletic organization across the board. all schools, elementary, middle school or high school as well. it's available for those organizations

(washington, dc/national press club) at a news conference tuesday, dr michael yochelson of medstar hospital said information needs to be recorded immediately every time a child takes a hit to the head. (dr. michael yochelson/medstar hospital) "you want to understand how you prevent chronic long-term effects and save lives." (charlie wund/injurefree) "this certainly gives me peace of mind." wund's technology will be used in all dc schools and parks-and-rec centers this year. mark albert, cbs news, washington./// ((denise valdez)) the centers for disease control says more than 170- thousand children are treated in emergency rooms each year for sports- or recreation related traumatic brain injuries, including concussions./// ((denise valdez)) > it's a story... 28 years in the making. ((paul joncich)) how a california family hopes to solve a mystery... after a message in a bottle choice for news. this is 8 news now at 4. ((paul joncich)) > a little boy in california found a message in a bottle that had been cast adrift 28-years ago.. but as rina nakano reports... it's not been easy tracking dow

dr. yochelson: i believe it is highly likely they can help. at this point in time, the challenge with sensors is we do not know what the thresholds are. we need a lot more research around that. then if there are different ways of measuring, even with the sensors, whether you are measuring a rotational force, or impact, those may have different factors as well in terms of the likelihood of developing a concussion. i think there is great potential for sensors and i think right now, the use of sensors in standard practice is premature, and in some ways, i think it is a false sense of security versus an appropriate diagnostic tool. >> i will go you about a study we are doing at wake forest that is looking at youth football, in which we have sensors in the helmets, but what we are doing is evaluating the function of children ahead of the season. we are actually doing very specialized mri and very specialized ct scans of their rains. and then we are doing that at the end of the season and time -- tying together the biomechanical information we learn

dr. yochelson: the goal is really to understand, in a variety of different ways, what will lead to clinical problems in the present and the future for any individual. whether you are talking about sensors, number of concussions and frequency of concussions, right now, we really sort of use the data that we have or the information that we have to guide our clinical decisions. there is a paucity of that. as a clinician, i need these numbers to then come back and say, ok, based on what has happened to you as an individual this is whatte, you should do. should you go back into the game, should you go back to school, are there any medications. that is another thing we have not touched on it all. are there other treatments, particularly with biological or genetic predispositions, are there other ways to help to either protect against or treat hasncussion once it occurred? we are far from understanding that but it is a possibility. bothld say it is certainly . i think ideally, the prevention is what you want to do first but you will never prevent 100% -- 100% of concussions. he will also understan