When I was 16, my grandmother’s physique puzzled me. Her shape suggested obesity, but her limbs and face contradicted my observation. I asked my father, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine ...

I’m writing a self-help book for people with brain injury to complement my memoir and website on brain injury, and I’m focusing on recognizing, processing, and healing grief. I first wrote about brain ...

Healing from any injury involves a delicate balance between scarring and inflammation — two processes that can wreak havoc as well as make repairs. When the injury is to the brain, the balance is that ...

Traumatic injuries of the central nervous system (CNS)—such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) and traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI)—are characterized by oxidative damage and neuroinflammation. Current ...

Nerve damage affects millions of people worldwide, creating symptoms ranging from mild tingling to severe pain and loss of function. While conventional treatments often focus on managing symptoms, ...

As Grand County resident Julie Mahoney focused on walking in the tire tracks left by a car, she looked up to find she was not the only one on the snow-covered road. With half a foot of fresh snow ...

The moment a traumatic brain injury occurs, everything changes for you and your family. Unlike a broken bone that heals or a cut that leaves a scar, brain injuries create invisible wounds that can ...