The brain shows a capacity to recover from traumatic injury, which somewhat contradicts the widely accepted idea that neurons ...

Anoxic brain injury is happens when your brain does not get oxygen. It is a serious often life threatening medical event with ...

TBI triggers both primary mechanical damage and delayed secondary injuries like inflammation and neurodegeneration. Cognitive effects may include memory loss, mood swings, and impaired social judgment ...

Research published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease suggests findings could transform emergency protocols for the 2.5 ...

Bleeding occurs when trauma damages a blood vessel. When that trauma involves your head—whether the scalp, skull, or brain—it’s considered a head injury. These head injuries range in severity from a ...

Head injuries can transform from seemingly minor bumps into life-threatening medical emergencies within minutes or hours. The brain sits protected within the skull, but when trauma occurs, the ...

You must have heard this warning call from elders: don’t get hit in the head, it won’t do any good in the future. Turns out they were right all along. A groundbreaking new study has shed light on a ...

September 28, 2007 — With traumatic brain injury (TBI) being the signature wound of the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US government is being asked to establish 6 epilepsy centers of ...

Most of us have had the experience of bumping our heads or getting struck in the head with a flying object. But it’s important to take significant head injuries much more seriously. Even a relatively ...

This story was produced by Amy Kang and distributed by Next Net. Head trauma accounts for the highest percentage of fatalities in motor vehicle accidents. Brain injuries cause approximately 70% of all ...