When Scott Edgell was discharged from the military after a service-related head injury at age 20, he thought he would resume ...

Britney Spears has endured many struggles throughout her life. Rising to fame at 16-years-old, the pop star has spent every high and low in front of the public eye. In the early 2000s, magazine covers ...

Learn how PTSD and traumatic brain injury are linked, why they’re hard to prove in court, and what evidence strengthens your injury claim.

After traumatic brain injury (TBI), some patients may recover completely, while others retain severe disabilities. Accurately ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in late life is associated with a significant increase in the risk for new-onset dementia. The risk is especially elevated (by as much as 69%) within the first 5 years ...

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

When I was 16, my grandmother’s physique puzzled me. Her shape suggested obesity, but her limbs and face contradicted my observation. I asked my father, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine ...

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 ...

You may have heard the myth that humans use only 10% of their brains. That statement is patently untrue — most people use all of their brains, all of the time. But for people who have survived a ...

A new study by Boston University shows that brain damage in young contact sport athletes may be visible years before CTE appears. The new study by researchers at the Boston University Chobanian & ...

Your brain is constantly evolving. Throughout your life, it reshapes, adjusts, and grows stronger in response to learning, new experiences, and your habits. This amazing shape-shifting ability is ...

Case reports of people with atypical brains reveal the human brain's staggering ability to adapt to damage. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...