After a traumatic brain injury (TBI), people also experience major sleep problems, including changes in their sleep-wake cycle. A new study shows that recovering from these two conditions occurs in ...

For the over 1 million Americans who survive severe traumatic brain injuries each year, the road to recovery is often long and challenging. Disruption of the autonomic nervous system, which controls ...

SILVER SPRING, Md., May 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After Marine veteran Chris Lawrence sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) from an improvised explosive devise (IED) detonation while on tour in ...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability among young people in the United States and is the most devastating survivable injury in modern warfare, according to the ...

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is now able to sit in a wheelchair and understand his surroundings in what is being considered a big breakthrough in his recovery from a traumatic brain injury ...

The U.S. Social Security Administration has requested the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine establish an ad hoc committee to conduct a study to review the latest published ...

Undergoing early extracranial (EC) surgery after traumatic brain injury (TBI) was associated with worse 1-year functional, cognitive, and disability outcomes than forgoing surgery in patients with ...

Extracranial (EC) surgery and anesthesia soon after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are associated with poorer functional and cognitive outcomes, new research shows. Patients with TBI had worse ...

Patients with severe TBI may have recovered at least partial independence if life support was not quickly withdrawn. A significant percentage of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) may ...

From a young age, Connor Fields remembers being competitive—very competitive. He played in a lot of team sports as a child growing up in Las Vegas and always wanted to win. But that was challenging as ...