If you want to be proactive with your health, listening to your body for signs and symptoms associated with a traumatic brain ...

Healing from any injury involves a delicate balance between scarring and inflammation — two processes that can wreak havoc as well as make repairs. When the injury is to the brain, the balance is that ...

A fall on the head, a blow to the skull, or a road traffic accident—the causes of traumatic brain injury are diverse, but the ...

On average, nearly 160 people in New York sustain a brain injury every day, the result of falls, sports injuries, accidents, ...

“ How to Heal from Trauma: A Buddhist and Neuroscience Guide to Post-Traumatic Growth,” written under the pen name Adam Lucas by veteran author and contemplative practitioner Mel Harkrader Pine, is ...

Understanding the neurobiology of trauma, from the silent Broca’s area to the overactive amygdala, can be a pivotal step in moving from survival to a validated recovery.

In recent years, conversations about mental health have become more visible, but with that visibility has come a new problem, the rise of toxic positivity. The idea that one must always stay positive ...

Concussion and other traumatic brain injuries impact an estimated 69 million people every year, as a result of sport collisions, falls, road accidents and interpersonal violence. There are few ...

"As I was driving, I blacked out behind the wheel, and the car went into the back of a parked 18 wheeler," said Lester Talley. Health issues led to Talley's near-fatal accident. The husband and father ...

Traumatic brain injuries often lead to complications with long-lasting consequences on memory, concentration and movement control. Detrimental secondary inflammatory reactions at the injured tissue ...

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 ...