Most people expect concussion recovery to follow a predictable timeline — a few days of rest, maybe a week or two of taking it easy, then back to normal life. But for roughly 10 to 15 percent of ...

Contact sports, falls, head injuries, trauma and motor vehicle accidents all have one thing in common: traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and/or concussions. Something that many of you may not know is how ...

A new study found that one in four children (25.3 percent) who have been discharged from the emergency room after a mild head injury are misdiagnosed and continue to suffer from persistent ...

I spend most of my professional time as a general psychiatrist. However, I also practice forensic psychiatry, the subspecialty of psychiatry that deals with mental health issues and the law. A ...

An excellent review of diagnostic issues related to mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and post-concussion syndrome (PCS) can be found in McCrea (2008). He clearly breaks down the various diagnostic ...

U.S. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, 81, fell Wednesday during a dinner at a Washington hotel. The Kentucky lawmaker is now being treated for a concussion and is being observed at a hospital. ...

NEW YORK — The sadistic part of baseball that Anthony Rizzo enjoys is diving into his failures, which forces him to have a deeper understanding of who he is as a player. There’s never been a point in ...