Strokes are a medical emergency, yet imaging can capture only snapshots of how brain damage develops in the hours and days ...

Individuals who experience a head injury have a 21% greater likelihood of attempting suicide later in life than those without such injuries.

A new study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine clinical scientists and UPMC neurosurgeons challenges ...

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 ...

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a disease of the dead. Clinical features suggestive of the ...

Fans of the “Jackass” movies are gearing up for the release of “Jackass 5,” set to hit theaters on June 26. But for Johnny ...

The injury came on a play when Gonzalez was in coverage against Chargers wide receiver Quentin Johnston. He beat Johnston to ...

Shane Tamura, the gunman who opened fire at NFL headquarters in Manhattan in July and killed four people, was diagnosed posthumously with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a brain disease linked ...

Contact sport athletes showed significant brain injury in an autopsy study before signs of CTE appeared. Athletes who experienced repeated head hits had 56% fewer neurons at the depths of the cortical ...

A Florida woman who was found responsible for the death of her 14-week-old son was sentenced to prison. Lily Scheip, 35, was convicted of manslaughter in August in connection with the death of her ...

CLEVELAND — Cleveland Clinic announced plans Thursday to establish a Level I trauma center at its main campus, a facility ...