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 ...

A man who suffered a catastrophic brain injury in a car accident 10 years ago says he has lost several jobs as the incident ...

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 ...

A coup brain injury happens at the site of the head impact. A contrecoup brain injury occurs on the opposite side of the ...

For many years, patients who sustained a mild traumatic brain injury, often referred to simply as a concussion, were told that their symptoms should resolve within a few weeks or months. A new ...

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 ...

Colorado researchers think they might be able to help veterans with traumatic brain injury and PTSD by improving the health of their gut microbiome. Dr. Lisa Brenner, a clinical research psychologist ...

Nicole Herling was praying for brain disease. That’s rarely happy news. But for her, it offered a potential answer to a haunting question: why, in less than a year, had her brother transformed from a ...

Trauma centers nationwide will begin to test a new approach for assessing traumatic brain injury (TBI) that is expected to lead to more accurate diagnoses and more appropriate treatment and follow-up ...

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