November 8, 2017 Study finds too little sleep is same for brain as too much booze When you don't get enough sleep, parts of your brain are going to take catnaps the next day, even while you're ostensibly up and awake, a new study suggests.
November 3, 2017 Boy's concussion symptoms lead to tumor diagnosis Friends and family have rallied around a 7-year-old Florida boy who sought treatment for a concussion, only to be diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor.
October 31, 2017 High school football player died of 'blunt force trauma' The death of a 16-year-old football player has been attributed to “blunt force trauma,” and ruled accidental after he collapsed during a blocking play in an Oct. 20 game.
October 31, 2017 Sorority sister dies 3 weeks after getting hit in head by soccer ball A University of Alabama freshman will be remembered during a prayer vigil on Wednesday, days after she died from a soccer injury that left her in a coma for three weeks.
October 31, 2017 Pain drugs in pregnancy tied to ADHD Women who use a lot of the common pain reliever acetaminophen during pregnancy may be more likely to have children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than those who don't use the drug, a Norwegian study suggests.
October 31, 2017 Recurrent concussions are down in high school sports With passage of laws requiring U.S. high schools to report young athletes' concussions, more of these head injuries are being reported - but the rate of repeat concussions has gone down, a new study shows.
October 26, 2017 First test of anti-epilepsy surgeries in children shows dramatic benefit Brain surgery for children whose epilepsy is resistant to drug therapy can produce a 10-fold increase in the odds of being seizure-free after one year and can do it without affecting IQ, according to a new Indian study of 116 patients in The New England Journal of Medicine.
October 19, 2017 Brain may know your dead after you die, study suggests Driven by ambition and curiosity to learn what lies on the other side of death, five medical students deliberately stop their hearts in order to experience "the afterlife" in the new thriller "Flatliners" (Sony Pictures), which opened in U.S. theaters on Sept. 29.
October 17, 2017 High school forfeits football game after 9 players take blows to head A high school team in Canada forfeited a game Friday after nine players suffered head injuries, CBC News reports.
October 16, 2017 Why Americans with MS are going to Russia for treatment An experimental treatment for MS known as HSCT is available in North America, but it’s more accessible and less expensive in Russia.