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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — Groundbreaking research could help detect concussions with a single finger prick.

Doctors are calling the research a game changer for athletes, our news partners at WPXI in Pittsburgh reported.

Basketball is a sport that Woodland Hills Junior, Troy Akins loves, but it doesn’t come without a potential for injury.

“We were at practice playing fives and I got elbowed in the head. It hurt for a second but it went away as my adrenaline was running,” Akins said.

But the next day he was dizzy and pulled from the game.

“I took a screening test, matching and memory type questions, am I dizzy did I throw up and after they say if I have a concussion or not,” Akins said.

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Like many other High School athletes, Akins had a concussion. …