Concussion patients can develop persistent, sometimes severe symptoms as a result of their head injury, but traditional tests often fail to identify which patients are most at-risk. Now, a group of ...

Offering patients with concussion a type of brain scan known as diffusion tensor imaging MRI could help identify the one in three people who will experience persistent symptoms that can be ...

For college athletes with concussion, brain changes may remain visible in brain scans up to a year after they are cleared to return to play, according to a study published online in Neurology.

Offering patients with concussion a type of brain scan known as diffusion tensor imaging MRI could help identify the one in three people who will experience persistent symptoms that can be life ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- About 500,000 children per year end up in ERs because of head injury. And about half of them undergo a CT scan. But the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that a third of ...

Researchers may be closing in on a way to check athletes while they're alive for signs of a degenerative brain disease that's been linked to frequent head blows. Experimental scans found higher levels ...

Simon Fraser University researchers have found that high-resolution brain scans, coupled with computational analysis, could play a critical role in helping to detect concussions that conventional ...

NEW YORK -- A brain-scanning technique one day might help identify people with a disease linked to concussions in football and other sports, an illness now diagnosed only after death, a small study ...

NEW YORK (AP) – A brain-scanning technique might one day help identify people with a disease linked to concussions in football and other sports, an illness now diagnosed only after death, a small ...

Despite nearly 30 medical professionals on hand for every N.F.L. game, more subtle symptoms of concussions can be missed, and the league still relies heavily on players to self-report them. By Elena ...