When Gabe Brown woke from a coma last January at UPMC Mercy hospital, he could do little more than tilt his head and shift ...

A new study led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine clinical scientists and UPMC neurosurgeons challenges ...

A decade after his 2016 injury, Nick Blackwell reveals the daily physical and mental struggles he still battles today.

Service members who experienced the worst types of head injuries -- moderate, severe or penetrating traumatic brain injury, or TBI -- are at higher risk for developing brain cancer, researchers at the ...

A 15-year-old Ohio high school student allegedly punched a teacher in the head while hallucinating on drugs — leaving her with a “severe brain injury” that required the removal of her skullcap. The ...

Ketamine could help to treat severe traumatic brain injuries in children, a preliminary study suggests. The results of the study, published in the journal Critical Care Medicine, indicate a potential ...

Deciding whether to withdraw life support after a severe traumatic brain injury is extremely difficult. Loved ones are faced with balancing their hopes for recovery with the desire not to prolong ...

Moderate, severe, and penetrating traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with an elevated risk of developing brain cancer, new research suggested. However, mild TBI appears to confer no increased ...

“He just said that he didn’t feel good and got sick, and then he collapsed and I got a call that he was being taken to the ...

Share on Pinterest A small study shows that deep brain stimulation may help improve cognition in people with traumatic brain injury. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images As many as 69 million ...

One of the major contributing factors to the high number of brain injuries in motorcycle accidents is the lack of protection for riders compared to other vehicles. A motorcycle’s design exposes riders ...