Head injury News

FRIDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- High school and youth football players sustained 14 brain injuries with long-lasting damage in 2011 -- the highest number in more than 25 years -- and this is a "major problem," a new report claims. The finding...

THURSDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- People taking blood thinners who suffer a minor head injury should undergo repeat CT scans, researchers say. The new study included 87 patients taking warfarin (brand name Coumadin) who were treated for a mino...

MONDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Children who suffer head trauma can experience headaches months after the injury, with girls more apt to have them than boys, a new study finds. The researchers also found that the risk of having these headaches ...

THURSDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Children can face a lifetime of problems after suffering head injuries from falls, car accidents and other mishaps, according to a new study. From communication deficits to trouble with daily self-care, the ef...

SATURDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Head injuries are a major cause of children's hospitalizations due to sledding crashes, a new study finds. Researchers examined data on 52 children younger than 18 who were hospitalized for sledding injuries a...

FRIDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Black and Hispanic children in the United States are less likely than white children to receive a CT scan after they suffer a minor head injury, a new study finds. Researchers examined the cases of nearly 40,000...

MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- The stress of unemployment, foreclosures and putting food on the table may have helped drive a spike up in shaken baby syndrome and other types of abusive head trauma seen among infants and young children durin...

MONDAY, July 18 (HealthDay News) -- Retired pro football players may face a higher risk of mild cognitive impairment, a potential precursor of Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests. "It appears there may be a very high rate of cognitive impair...

FRIDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalization for further observation isn't necessary for most children who've suffered minor blunt head trauma and have normal CT scans, a new study indicates. Researchers examined data from 13,543 U.S. child...

MONDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- Children rushed to emergency rooms with minor head trauma often get unneeded CT scans that expose them to high levels of radiation, a new study indicates. Researchers analyzed the outcomes of more than 40,000 chil...

WEDNESDAY, April 13 (HealthDay News) -- Recession-related stress may have triggered an alarming increase in non-accidental head injuries among infants, new research suggests. The number of babies hospitalized for non-accidental head trauma -- a fo...

MONDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News)-- The tiny victims of shaken baby syndrome are equally likely to be injured by a man or a woman, although women are less likely to be convicted of the crime, according to a new study. Perhaps because of men's sheer...

SATURDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Make sure the holiday season stays merry by taking steps to prevent fall-related head injuries, says the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. About 2.8 million children and 2 million people ageD 65 a...

MONDAY, Sept 13 (HealthDay News) -- Children's basketball may be getting rougher or the kids may be bigger, but either way the number of head injuries is soaring, researchers report. "Although the total number of injuries decreased during the stud...

SATURDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Summer activity-related head injuries appear to be on the rise, warns the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), and bicycling, water sports and baseball/softball are the main culprits. The caut...

SATURDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- The number of abusive head traumas among infants and young children appears to have risen dramatically across the United States since the onset of the current recession in 2007, new research reveals. The observa...

SUNDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Helmets reduce skiers' and snowboarders' risk of head injury by 35 percent and don't increase the risk of neck injury, a new study shows. Some people believe that helmets may increase the risk of neck injury when...

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- Former professional football players suffer from Alzheimer's disease or other memory-related conditions at rates far higher than the general population, a new study commissioned by the National Football Leag...

MONDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Guidelines to identify children with a very low risk of serious brain injury after they've suffered a head injury are highly effective and can reduce the use of scans that expose children to radiation, a new st...

THURSDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Actress Natasha Richardson died from a blunt impact to the head after falling Monday on a beginner's ski slope in Canada, the New York City medical examiner said Thursday. The cause of death, which was ruled ...

SUNDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) -- A new class of Alzheimer's disease drugs may prevent long-term damage from traumatic brain injury, suggests a study of mice by Georgetown University Medical Center researchers. The drugs -- gamma-secretase inhi...

MONDAY, Feb. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Children and young adults who suffer a traumatic brain injury are at high risk of developing epilepsy for more than 10 years after the injury, Danish researchers report. But there's good news, too: treatments ca...