A Newry mother, whose young son will be a life-long wheelchair user after choking on food, has said she does not want another family to go through the same nightmare. Shauna O'Brien's son Harry, who ...

Practice—that is, repetitive training—matters in healing brain injury. Repeated intensive training can be accompanied by brain reorganization.

A new study finds that heavy drinking can increase the risk of brain damage.  Using data from nearly 2,000 adults in the B ...

In celebration of World Head Injury Day, local neurosurgeon Dr Lebo Nchabeleng gave some insight about the dangers of head injuries and how to prevent them.

Weight training may help protect the brains of older adults from dementia, including those already showing signs of mild ...

Much of that research relates to traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) sustained during adult contact sports. When it comes to kids, though, there can be a fair bit of inadvertent head-bumping outside ...

Reduced blood flow and altered white matter in the brain following sports-related concussions persist up to a year after ...

Tapping a pen, shaking a leg, twirling hair—we have all been in a classroom, meeting, or a public place where we find ...

Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have an increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and ...

While subjective data suggests prior mTBI leads to poorer sleep, there is little objective data to support this association.

Researchers have found differences in the brain pathology of paediatric and adult patients that might explain the sometimes “catastrophic outcomes” seen in children following a traumatic brain ...