Child maltreatment, which includes abuse and neglect, is one of the most serious public health concerns worldwide. These adversities leave a lasting impact on the emotional well-being, memory, and ...

Adolescents have long engaged in high-risk behaviors and poor decisions. Now we know that it's got a lot to do with what's ...

Mass General Brigham researchers compared data from more than 75,000 adults with TBI to a control group of the same size. They studied the patients over 24 years and observed how many developed brain ...

In December of 1993, former World Boxing Champion John Famechon (who had sustained severe incapacitating brain injuries in August 1991) began a new, complex multi-movement therapy and rehabilitation ...

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 ...

Nearly one in five of the 2.5 million veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan sustained at least one traumatic brain injury.

A new study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine clinical scientists and UPMC neurosurgeons challenges assumptions about early withdrawal of care in patients with severe traumatic brain ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A new study shows that whether families can reliably meet basic needs, not just how much they earn, ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in close to 70,000 deaths in the U.S. every year, and it is the cause of long-term physical, cognitive and mental disability in 5 million Americans. But despite ...

A car accident. A football tackle. An unfortunate fall. These things—and more—can cause head injuries. Head injuries can happen to anyone, at any age, and they can damage the brain. Here's how damage ...