A quick eye test performed at a patient’s bedside may soon help doctors predict whether someone with a severe brain injury is ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

How damage spreads An injury to one brain region rarely stays contained to a single spot. The consequences ripple outward, ...

A coup brain injury happens at the site of the head impact. A contrecoup brain injury occurs on the opposite side of the impact. Coup-contrecoup injuries can happen during high-speed impacts, causing ...

In the emergency department, when should a neurosurgeon be consulted for a traumatic brain injury that may require urgent surgery? At the second Hainuyer de neurochirurgie (a regional neurosurgical ...

Poorly designed helmets—of any kind—can cause brain injury or fail to properly mitigate head/brain injury. Well-designed helmets have an awesome record of saving lives. Skull fracture typically occurs ...

The use of cerebral oximetry monitoring in the care of extremely preterm infants is increasing. However, evidence that its use improves clinical outcomes is lacking. In this randomized, phase 3 trial ...