From Hollywood to the NFL, concussions have been the focus of the conversation around sports-related brain injuries. But since the prevalence of traumatic brain injury among athletes has come to ...

"A concussion is a type of mild traumatic brain injury (or mild TBI)," said Dr. Mitul Kapadia, medical director of pediatric rehabilitation and co-director of the sports concussion program at UCSF ...

Concussion in sport continues to make headlines, whether it be class actions, young men flocking to the highly violent "RunIt ...

It's long past time to adopt diagnostic and treatment practices that meet the specific challenges concussions pose to women.

A concussion is a traumatic brain injury, and it results in a change in how your brain functions. Therefore, there must be an event (for example a fall, blow to the head or collision) that causes ...

As sport-related concussions continue to spark global concern, researchers at the University of South Australia (UniSA) are turning their attention to a largely overlooked group—non-professional ...

A new brain bank is accepting future donations from living athletes, in an effort to perform long-term research into the effects of sports-related concussion. The National Sports Brain Bank (NSBB ...

With the new Will Smith film “Concussion” coming out on Christmas day, doctors across the country are seizing the teachable moment. One of them is Dr. Jon E. Bentz, a clinical ...

Some symptoms can indicate a more serious traumatic brain injury than a concussion: Seizures; Not able to recognize people ... For people who had a sports injury, that might be looking at safety ...

College athletes were nearly twice as likely to suffer serious injuries to joints and limbs up to a year after a concussion, compared with the previous 12 months, a study showed.

Changes in the brain, including reduced blood flow and altered white matter, can persist for up to a year after medical clearance for sports-related concussion in young adults, a new study showed ...

Concussions are considered mild traumatic brain injuries and occur when a hit to the head causes bruising to the brain. With proper care, more than 90% of people with concussions recover fully ...