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

(THE CONVERSATION) A newly discovered biological signal in the blood could help health care teams and researchers better ...

The CT scan is normal, but no test is 100% sensitive for pathology. Head CTs are not infrequently falsely negative early on in stroke and can be falsely negative in head injury as well. This is ...

Last week, I began the serialization of chapters from Salvation, a section in my book Concussion Is Brain Injury: Treating the Neurons and Me where I recount the first inkling of real hope that my ...

For the first time in over 50 years, emergency room doctors will have a new framework to assess people with head injuries from car or bike crashes, falls and assaults. Existing assessment protocols ...

It’s the middle of the night. A young mother makes her way into her crying infant’s bedroom. Her toddler is fast asleep in a bed opposite the newborn’s crib. After picking up the baby, the mother ...

Getting treatment within one week of a serious head injury can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by up to 41%, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University.

Falls, vehicle accidents, and assaults are the top causes of skull fractures [1]. Nausea, seizures, and consciousness changes may indicate brain injury [2]. Pediatric skull fractures often require ...

On July 28, a 27-year-old gunman entered a New York City office building that is home to the National Football League's headquarters. He shot and killed four people and injured one other before ...