Silent cells deep in your spinal cord may hold a surprising key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease. A ...

NEW YORK -- One month after Bob Saget was found dead, his family and the Florida medical examiner's office handling the case announced that the comedian and "Full House" star "passed from head trauma.

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 ...

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 ...

Anoxic brain injury, also called anoxic encephalopathy or hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, is a life threatening condition resulting from a complete lack of oxygen to the brain. Anoxic brain injury (ABI ...

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 ...

Researchers from the University of Georgia found a new drug that may boost the brain's ability to heal itself after injury. The discovery could lead to significant advances in treating traumatic brain ...

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 ...

Unlike a broken bone, a brain injury is often invisible. We can’t see the cognitive struggles, the lost memories or the chronic pain. But for millions of Americans with brain injury, the impact is ...

Individuals who experience a head injury have a 21% greater likelihood of attempting suicide later in life than those without such injuries.

New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is revealing why traumatic brain injury increases the chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease – and the discovery is pointing to a ...