A new blood marker reflects the extent of brain injury after an ischemic stroke and can predict patient outcomes months to ...

Bleeding occurs when trauma damages a blood vessel. When that trauma involves your head—whether the scalp, skull, or brain—it’s considered a head injury. These head injuries range in severity from a ...

A head injury from years ago can suddenly return to cause problems, with consequences emerging months or even years later. Subtle cognitive decline, new or worsening headaches, mood shifts, and ...

There are about 70 million baby boomers in the United States, many now over the age of 65. As people age, rates of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases rise, leading to more use of blood ...

A little over two decades ago, military scientists sat around a conference table to eat breakfast and discuss biological clues for diagnosing traumatic brain injuries among service members. The ...

TAMPA, Fla. (BLOOM) — It starts with a hit. Maybe a tackle in a high school football game. Maybe a blast wave during military service. The damage isn’t visible, at least not right away. But for ...

Blood transfusions are commonly given to patients with acute brain injury, but there is ongoing debate over whether a restrictive or liberal transfusion strategy is preferable. Results of the TRICC ...

When military personnel fire certain powerful weapons, they are exposed to a blast wave that sends blood surging from the body to the brain. This "tsunami in the body" is one way a blast can injure ...