Silent cells deep in your spinal cord may hold a surprising key to healing after devastating injuries and brain disease. A ...

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 ...

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 ...

Researchers from the University of Georgia found a new drug that may boost the brain's ability to heal itself after injury. The discovery could lead to significant advances in treating traumatic brain ...

Most people expect concussion recovery to follow a predictable timeline — a few days of rest, maybe a week or two of taking it easy, then back to normal life. But for roughly 10 to 15 percent of ...

From football fields to military training grounds, head injuries are leaving lasting marks on the brain in ways we're only ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

Imagine your brain as a bustling city with millions of interconnected highways carrying information at lightning speed. Now picture what happens when a major earthquake hits, destroying some of those ...

“The Hobbit” actress and former model Evangeline Lilly, 46, recently revealed that she sustained brain damage months after ...

Traumatic brain injury cases demand medical proof, expert testimony, and precise damage calculations to secure long-term ...