AUBURN, Wash. -- After a tragic accident left a young man needing long-term care, his family discovered the closest suitable place was out of state. So they decided to open up a home for him. And now their efforts are improving the lives of dozens of people with...
CARLSBAD (CBS 8) - It has been a little more than two years since Mark Kelly's wife, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was nearly assassinated after a gunman shot her in the head. Since then, Giffords has made a remarkable recovery and become an inspiration for...
Suffering a single concussion may cause lasting brain damage, researchers report in the journal Radiology. Steven Flanagan, co-director of the Concussion Center at NYU Langone Medical Center, discusses the findings, and why diagnosing a concussion is so difficult....
Despite many remarkable discoveries in the field of neuroscience during the past several decades, researchers have not been able to fully crack the brain's "neural code." The neural code details how the brain's roughly 100 billion neurons turn raw sensory inputs into...
In part one of this series, I suggested that the increased size, speed and strength of today's NFL players are creating a dramatically more impactful and damaging set of collisions. We have known for years of the devastation these collisions wreck on every joint in...
ShareThis Author: The Telegraph Published Date: March 5, 2013 Publication: www.telegraph.co.uk Original article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9910103/Having-purpose-in-life-coul... People who feel that they have a purpose in...
It's a remarkable story of determination, perseverance and above all, a deep love of music, jazz music in particular. Connor Derraugh is a 17-year old aspiring musician who plays alto sax and piano. But two and a half years ago he suffered a terrible brain injury...
BOSTON (CBS) – If you were to ask 10 people on the street what TBI is, you’d be hard pressed to find even one person who knows the answer. TBI stands for traumatic brain injury. I’ve been recovering from one for the past six months. Last July, I tumbled from my very...
TORONTO – Spouses and family members looking after a loved one who just suffered a stroke have a reason to try to stay optimistic during the trying times: new American research suggests stroke patients’ health outcomes are influenced by their caregiver’s outlook....
Watch the inspiring story of young hockey player Dane as he recovers from a hemorrhagic stroke and learns how to love his favourite sport from the sidelines. View video>>
Taking a hard hit to the head is causing concussions in more young athletes. Virginia schools are preparing parents and young athletes to deal with the impacts of an increasing number of sports concussions caused by a hard hit to the head in competitive play. A...
In this bitter cold, you want to make sure your children are well protected if they're going skating or tobogganing. But you may want to consider another layer of protection: helmets. Last year, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario saw 1,270 children with head...
The former soldier survived an axe attack in Afghanistan, now he’s defying the limits of science in his recovery. It has been 25 years since Trevor Greene gave up competitive rowing for other pursuits: journalism, travel, soldiering, fatherhood, marriage. But today,...