UVA researchers found even minor trauma can disrupt the brain’s cleanup system, allowing harmful proteins to build up over ...

Clinicians say the proposed framework will lead to more accurate diagnoses and treatment, providing more rigorous care for some patients and preventing premature discussions about halting life support ...

Adults who experience a head injury face a substantially higher risk of attempting suicide compared to those without such ...

Yes, a head injury can increase the chance of developing schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In some cases, injury to your brain’s frontal lobe area can lead to temporary psychosis symptoms. A head ...

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 ...

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 ...

ADHD following mild traumatic brain injury in children showed no clear early symptom predictors in a clinic cohort, but ...

As any fan who has caught a sporting event—baseball, basketball, soccer and especially football—in the past 15 years will tell you, discussion of concussions and traumatic head injuries has dominated ...

The researchers found that suicide was the most common cause of TBI-related death, followed by unintentional falls. People ...