People with traumatic brain injury more likely to die from brain cancer than general population

Daniel Daneshvar, MD, Ph.D., director of the HealthSpan Lab and Chief of the Department of Physical Medicine and ...

I've flown all around the world. One shocking experience changed everything

When I woke from surgery, it was easier to feel devastated by how this could impede my traveling than it was to feel grateful ...
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Microplastics may be quietly damaging your brain and fueling Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Tiny plastic particles may be quietly threatening brain health. New research suggests microplastics—now widely found in food, water, and even household dust—could trigger inflammation and damage in ...
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'Leaky' brain barrier revealed as driver of chronic brain damage in retired combat and collision sports athletes

Research, led by teams at Trinity College Dublin and the FutureNeuro Research Ireland Center, has pinpointed the mechanism linking some sports injuries to poor brain health in retired athletes. The ...

He Suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury—and Woke Up a Mathematical Genius

Jason Padgett was a normal futon salesman. But following a traumatic brain injury, he suddenly acquired the brain power of a ...
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Heading a soccer ball just once is enough to raise levels of proteins associated with brain damage

Amateur male soccer players had greater changes in certain blood markers associated with neural damage the harder and more ...

HIV enters the brain and doesn’t leave – paradoxically, drugs intended to reduce brain inflammation increase virus levels

HIV can damage the brain and cause memory and cognitive problems. And once HIV enters the brain, it does not leave. HIV ...
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Fish oil may be hurting your brain, new study finds

Fish oil has long been praised as brain-boosting, but new research suggests the story may be more complicated. Scientists found that in people with repeated mild head injuries, a key omega-3 fatty ...