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“It will get easier after you adjust,” says Amanda Chicago Lewis

Researchers are warning that the coronavirus pandemic could inflict long-lasting emotional trauma on an unprecedented global scale. They say it could leave millions wrestling with debilitating psychological disorders while dashing hopes for a swift economic recovery.

"This study challenges current perceptions that most people with a sports-related mTBI recover within 10 to 14 days," said lead author Dr. Stephen Kara, from Axis Sports Medicine in Auckland, New Zealand.

When Olympic gold medallist Shona McCallin was hit on the side of her head by a seemingly innocuous shoulder challenge, she suffered what was originally thought to be a concussion.

By turning 'Stella' into a punchline, laughter became my medicine and sharing my story became my therapy

Following an accident in 2016 that left her with a brain injury, Joy was forced to change her lifestyle and spending habits. Over to Joy....

Troops may someday deploy wearing small devices to help determine their risk of developing a traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Research shows homeless people experience brain injury at a higher rate.

'The department is disconnected from ... what goes on in injured veterans' households,' says one spouse

At the inquest into the death of Sydney boxer Davey Browne, journalist and boxer Stephanie Convery’s anger rose. The industry had failed to protect its own

"Caregivers themselves get ill, because caregiving is such a difficult job. And so [while] we're busy worrying about our patients, we have to make sure as therapists we look up and see the caregivers and their needs, too."

For years, leaders of Australia’s national sport have tried to play down connections between their sport and degenerative brain diseases. Now one of the game’s legends was found to have had C.T.E.