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In partnership with the University of Connecticut's Korey Stringer Institute, MISSION Athletecare are attacking the issue of heat stroke head-on by donating $1 million in EnduraCool instant cooling products over the next three years to schools that...

By John Doherty, ATC, PT Baseball, basketball and football may be our three biggest spectator sports. Beyond filling stadiums and arenas, they have plenty of participants at the youth and high school levels. Despite their popularity, these sports...

The Adolescent Female Athlete Triad By Vineeta T. Swaroop, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

San Francisco 49ers rookie Marcus Lattimore has been making headlines lately, and still has yet to play one minute in his NFL career. As NFL commentators and critics debate whether he’ll be removed from the team’s non-football injury list to the...

NATA’s NPI contest ‘Are You Being Counted’ is finished, and we are excited to report an additional 1,727 athletic trainers now have NPIs. Congratulations to District Four for winning the “Largest percentage of members with NPIs” category and...

I can't speak for the rest of the country, but Texas is H-O-T right now. The fall sports seasons are in full swing, and many athletes are practicing and competing in triple digit temperatures.

At the conclusion of the 2013-14 school year, the total number of ATs employed by Dallas Independent School District -- ranked 15th largest in the U.S. by enrollment, and the second largest in the state of Texas -- could be counted on two hands. But...

For the first-ever research issue of NATA News last month, we used Twitter ( @nata1950 ) to ask members to share their current athletic training research projects. These are some of the responses we received. Following submissions from our members,...

A new survey released by the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids suggested that teen reports of performance enhancing drugs have more than doubled in the last year. Sponsored by the MetLife Foundation, the study reported that 11 percent of teens who were...

Runners gathered early for the 5K Fun Run during this year's convention. Photo credit: Jordan Grantham / NATA For those who may have missed the following sessions on some of the profession’s most prevalent issues, fear not: We’ve got plenty of...