Mild concussion? Simple blood test can detect injury up to a week after Molecular marker could help treat and prevent brain damage.

Even mild concussion can cause long-lasting effects to the brain, according to researchers. Using data from a Europe-wide study, the team has shown that for almost a half of all people who receive ...

Even mild concussion can cause long-lasting effects to the brain, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge. Using data from a Europe-wide study, the team has shown that for almost a ...

Post-concussion syndrome (PCS) occurs when symptoms such as headache and sleep problems continue for three months or longer after a concussion.

The difficulties of studying concussions, with their vague symptoms and hidden physical damage, have turned diagnosing brain injuries into a guessing game. Researchers are now looking into making it ...

Today, the debate continues over whether a concussion is defined as a physical blow to the head, or the abnormal symptoms following such trauma. Other terms such as Mild Traumatic Brain Injury have ...

The study, published in the February Journal of Neurosurgery, is the first to evaluate recovery from mild concussion in high school athletes and the first to show that even mild concussions can ...

A mild or moderate concussion may have longer-lasting consequences than previously realized, a new study suggests. By comparing brain imaging studies and thinking tests between healthy people and ...

A new blood test to detect traumatic brain injuries within 15 minutes is being hailed as a “game changer” that could speed diagnosis and thus treatment for this most time-sensitive of i… ...

High school football practices are in full swing. But along with the excitement of a new season, comes concerns about ...

Researchers seeking new ways of treating mild traumatic brain injuries say they may have identified a key protein in the blood that would signal how a patient is faring.