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 ...

Celena Henry says she lost count of how many times her abuser hit her in the head but remembers vividly when she decided to leave him. “My feet left the floor, my body slammed against the wall, and I ...

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 ...

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 ...

Source: Microsoft Copilot / Microsoft Physics, the Head and the Brain The principles of physics indicate that when an impact to the head (or a pane of glass) occurs, there is also a significant ...

The Child and Youth Maltreatment Section of the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) has released a new Practice Point for the assessment of children with suspected traumatic head injury related to child ...

Scientists know that people who suffer brain injuries are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease later in life because of prolonged brain inflammation that damages brain cells. But treatment ...

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 ...