Fainting is a common but often misunderstood occurrence, and heat can bring it on. As summer approaches, here are some things ...

Delayed complications following stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are rare and ...

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Actor Salman Khan revealed he is battling multiple rare brain and nerve conditions. His condition highlights the importance ...

Blood clots begin forming when a blood vessel is damaged and nearby cell fragments (called platelets) begin clumping together and adhering to a protein in the blood known as fibrin, explains Dr ...

That suggests that abnormal TDP-43 might be able to infect neighboring cells, in a chain reaction. “By discovering how TDP-43 becomes harmful and spreads, we hope to uncover new ways to protect the ...

For the first time, scientists have used real-time imaging to track tiny pieces of microplastics as they moved through the brain blood vessels of mice. As detailed in a recent paper published in the ...

From blast to blood to brain A blast isn't just like a blow to the head, when it comes to brain injury. A head impact tends to injure structures near the surface. A blast wave keeps going.

This "tsunami in the body" is one way a blast can injure blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients to structures deep in the brain, says Dr. Ibolja Cernak, an expert on blast injuries at ...

This "tsunami in the body" is one way a blast can injure blood vessels that supply oxygen and nutrients to structures deep in the brain, says Dr. Ibolja Cernak, an expert on blast injuries at ...