Whenever a baby is born or is discovered subsequent to birth to suffer delayed development or evidence of cerebral palsy, brain injury or brain damage, or paralyzing symptoms of Erbs palsy or other br..

According to the Brain Injury Association of America, every year in the United States, 1.4 million people receive brain injuries. Of those, 50,000 die and another 80,000 suffer permanent disabilities..

Slip and fall injuries occur all of the time. However, sometimes they are not the fault of the injured party. When you slip and fall due to someone else's negligence, either at cleaning up a slippery ..

Recently, the American Institute of Physics reported a grave new discovery that U.S. soldier helmets may be acting as "focusing mechanisms" during improvised explosive device (IED) explosions and thus..

A recent issue of the science journal Nature described a paradigm shift among lethal infections that may be "ravaging the brain" and causing the development of serious traumatic brain injuries (TBI) a..

In an October 2008 issue of Neurosurgery scientists revealed that a new treatment known as Oxycyte may "improve cognitive recovery" and have protective effects on the brain's neurons among individuals..

A study published in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of Psychopharmacology recently discovered that anti-depressants among traumatic brain injury victims who also suffered from symptoms of depr..

The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported in its October issue that if an infant is given an aggressive jaundice treatment early on, that infant will be less likely to suffer from a brain ..

Professional athletes are paid to win, to entertain, to train and, at times, to endure the brunt of much physical abuse because of their profession. However, several recent studies and news outlets ha..

During a three-year period, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Office of Safety Analysis reported an increase of train collisions in the United States. The increase, which occurred from June 20..

Recently, the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) School of Medicine received a $60 million dollar grant for a five-year study to determine better prevention and treatment methods of po..

Each year the number of U.S. veterans increases as soldiers returning from America's most recent wars come home. However, as the survivors are welcomed home after pursuing a dutiful career serving the..

Victims suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) or TBI caused by a stroke-induced brain injury were recently introduced to new technology enabling improvements of motor and physical skills among v..

Each year in America, there are millions of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) that severely debilitate citizens from a number of common, everyday activities that often depend on the severity of their in..

They may seem like mere numbers, but statistics and demographics information can give important information on who is affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI) - and possibly shed light on how to preve..

Though traumatic brain injury does not always involve a fractured skull, the term "open head injury" is used when the affected individual's skull is penetrated by an object, such as a bullet or bone f..