Findings of the study: 25.3% of children who come to the emergency room with a mild head injury suffer from Persistent Post-concussion Syndrome (PPCS) and are mistakenly diagnosed as suffering from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Amir Hadanny, MD, chief researcher and head of global clinical operations for Aviv Clinics and certified ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . We know patients’ medical histories affect their recovery from concussion in all sorts of ways. For example, ...

The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports published a paper today by nationally-recognized neurologist Dr. Majid Fotuhi, MD, PhD that details a multi-disciplinary program for patients with Attention ...

Objective The purpose of this study is to quantitatively predict which concussed athlete will develop persistent post concussion symptoms (PPCS) or post concussion syndrome (PCS) utilizing 120 ...

Objective The purpose of this study is to identify protective and risk factors for developing persistent post concussion symptoms (PPCS) or post concussion syndrome (PCS) using medical histories, ...

Dear Doctors: I was in a pretty bad car accident. I thought I was lucky I got away with just a concussion, but now I have headaches and see an aura when I look at lights at night. I’m told it may be ...