Your body is comprised of roughly 57 percent water, so it isn't all that surprising that we're drawn to even larger bodies of the stuff -- the ocean. Though scientists haven't been able to pinpoint the exact reason behind why the ocean gets our synapses firing so...
A "window to the brain" implant which would allow doctors to see through the skull and possibly treat patients has been devised by US researchers. It uses a see-through version of the same material used for hip implants. The team at University of California,...
The National Football League’s $765 million concussion settlement with thousands of former players contains several surprises. Let’s go to the replay for a closer look: For all its flaws, class-action litigation sometimes works. Yes, yes, already-wealthy plaintiffs’...
Miniature "human brains" have been grown in a lab in a feat scientists hope will transform the understanding of neurological disorders. The pea-sized structures reached the same level of development as in a nine-week-old foetus, but are incapable of thought. The...
The latest question for researchers studying the consequences of concussions isn't when student-athletes can safely get back in the game. It's how long to wait before they can return to class. New research suggests concussion effects may linger weeks after symptoms of...
A contemporary art work in Tasmania is telling some rarely heard stories from people with an acquired brain injury. "It's not a piece of patronising cuddly, disability art." That's how artistic director Richard Bladel describes the Angels of Our Better Nature art...
ORLANDO — President Obama on Saturday announced an initiative to help treat veterans with brain injuries and mental-health conditions, as he and first lady Michelle Obama paid tribute to disabled veterans before departing on their summer holiday. Speaking to the...
New research suggesting a link between playing rugby and developing dementia could help Hawke's Bay players deal with the long-term effect of head injuries, a local rugby executive says. Brain injury specialist Dr Willie Stewart told BBC Radio Scotland on Sunday the...
SASKATOON – Scientists have made progress toward dealing with the aftermath of stroke. Using the Canadian Light Source located at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and the Synchrotron Radiation Centre in Wisconsin, scientists have uncovered a new method for...
Recently, the city sold part of its citizen's birthright for $41 million by granting a city-wide bike contract to an outside franchise. The initiative represents, in theory, a wonderful effort and one that will bring efficient means of exercise and transport to many...
TORONTO - Imagine eating a certain food and "tasting" a colour. Or seeing an object that elicits a particular smell. Or hearing a particular piece of music and feeling as if you are physically flying in concert with the sound. Such simultaneous sense experiences are...
Patients made three times as much progress following speech and language therapy if their brains had first been stimulated with a magnetic coil. The non-invasive technique was used to temporarily shut down properly functioning parts of the brain so that the side which...
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA — Thomas “TC” Maslin easily reads to himself the local newspaper or latest issue of the Economist. Reading aloud a simple children’s book is another story. “Five little ducks went out one day. Over the hills and far away. The woman duck said...
Youth football players are not more vulnerable to head hits in games if they take part in fewer contact drills during practices, a new study published in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering showed. The study, conducted by researchers from the Virginia Tech-Wake...
The Canadian Medical Association Journal has issued new guidelines to help manage concussions and reduce the risk of second-impact symptom, which can be fatal. These guidelines follow on the heels of a study that showed recent National Hockey League rule changes did...