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Concussions are a known risk for athletes playing at a recreational or professional level. But in recent years, research has started to highlight a concerning trend. Concussions for female athletes have tripled in the past two decades. However, there’s little research to explain why

"It took me a long time to realise how lucky I was. It just wasn't my time."

Martin Longmore learnt to walk and talk again after suffering a brain injury in a serious crash in 2001 and was given two days to live. He's been recognised for supporting others with brain injuries.

The very thought of being 'locked in' following a brain injury or even aware during general anesthesia induces fear because it awakens the classic terror trope of being buried alive. But what does it mean to be awake, but entirely unable to respond, and what can this tell us about consciousness itself? In a new paper published in the journal Lancet Neurology, Western University neuroscientist Adrian Owen and his colleagues at Western, Lawson Health Research Institute and Harvard University describe new developments in the field of neuroimaging that can reveal the thoughts, actions and intentions of brain-injured individuals based solely on the pattern of activity observed in their brain. Most importantly, this breakthrough can be used to predict survival rates of intensive care unit (ICU) patients.

Ginger MacCutcheon had plans to spend decades as a military medic in the Women’s Army Corps. She enlisted right out of high school, leaving northeast Ohio at the age of 18. “I went off to boot camp dressed in a suit with matching luggage and shoes, just like Private Benjamin would go,” MacCutcheon said. “And I thought, ‘Oh, this is a great adventure I’m going on.’” That dream was cut short. MacCutcheon was raped repeatedly by commanding officers. The sexual harassment followed her from base to base. Years passed before she felt safe enough to confide in a colleague and was honorably discharged.

"That night we were notified, I had two conversations that I remember," Kristen Christy, Air Force spouse and master resilience trainer for the Air Force and the Army, recalled of the days following one of the worst days of her life. "One was a friend from church, and she came and said, 'Kristen, he's in the better place.' And in the rawness of the moment, I said, 'Why isn't the better place at home or at the dining room table?'" Christy's husband had killed himself three days before he was set to accept the rank of colonel.

People kept telling me to read “The Body Keeps the Score.” I was shocked at what it actually says.

Despite vowing to act fast, the firm that oversees the NFL settlement still delays and denies claims, The Post found, including because of players’ online activity.

A new study reveals a connection between a family history of mental illness and heightened aggression in individuals with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

Sweeping new efforts to protect the brain health of service members, including stricter safety standards for existing and new weapons, were included in the annual defense policy bill approved by Congress this month. Under the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, which is expected to be signed into law before the end of the month, existing weapons would have to be modified to reduce blast exposure both for those using the weapons and those standing close by, and future weapons systems would have to be developed with brain safety in mind.

Sometimes it takes a good story to get people’s attention. That’s what University of Oregon (UO) researchers found when they launched a study on the most effective ways to get parents to take notice of the high risk of childhood concussions in sports, and what needs to be done to prevent injuries. Two UO associate professors from the school of journalism and communication noticed many parents disregard the warnings about concussions when it comes to their children participating in school sports.

Unable to find effective treatments at home, veterans with brain-injury symptoms are going abroad for psychedelics like ibogaine that are illegal in the U.S.