A new report suggests many people may have alcohol-related brain damage. This condition affects daily life. Experts say stigma and lack of awareness are problems. Lee Caldwell shares his ...

A new way of thinking about Alzheimer's disease has yielded a discovery that could be the key to stopping the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. University ...

The system is the result of a request made three years ago by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, for experts to reconsider how they characterize traumatic brain injury ...

Trauma centers nationwide will begin to test a new approach for assessing traumatic brain injury (TBI) that is expected to lead to more accurate diagnoses and more appropriate treatment and follow-up ...

But a new study has found that if you lean on grit to white-knuckle through adversity too often, and don’t learn other ways to cope and care for yourself, you might end up damaging your brain.

Advanced tools offer improved insights into patients' condition and their potential for recovery. What's new: After more than half a century, assessment of traumatic brain injuries gets an overhaul.

A stroke patient who was rushed last year to an Orange County hospital that specializes in treating strokes suffered major brain damage after waiting nearly eight hours for surgery because the ...

The extra fluid in the brain can cause pressure and lead to brain damage, as well as issues with walking, bladder control and thinking and reasoning, according to the NINDS. Though it can happen ...