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

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 ...

The researchers looked at veterans with a history of traumatic brain injury. Even a mild head injury, commonly called a concussion, makes veterans more likely to get Parkinson's disease later on in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...