Women are less likely to get pregnant for two years after a concussion

In the two years after a concussion, women are less likely to become pregnant than women who injure other parts of their body.

To study the effects of concussion on pregnancy, Martina Anto-Ocrah at the University of Rochester in New York and her colleagues recruited 102 women with concussion and 143 women who had other injuries that required a visit to an emergency room in Rochester, New York.

The participants were all aged between 18 and 45 and those with concussion all had head injuries from vehicle crashes. Those without concussion…