Complex multi-movement therapy helped a brain-injured boxer ride an exercise bike.

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.

In his current Netflix special, comedian and actor Jamie Foxx opens up about the stroke that sidelined him for about a year, beginning with what he was told was a “brain bleed”.

KERA’s Sam Baker found out more about brain bleeds from Dr. Ryan Cheung, a neurologist with Texas Health Plano.

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

Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) revealed that stress alters how our brain encodes and retrieves aversive memories, and they developed a potential new method for restoring adequate memory specificity in persons suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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.

The suicide rate among veterans held steady from 2021 to 2022 at roughly 17.6 deaths per day despite concerted federal efforts to bring the number down, department officials announced on Thursday. The 2022 figures are the latest available from federal census data and suggest limited progress on the issue of suicide prevention by Veterans Affairs leaders in recent years. At least 6,407 veterans died by suicide in 2022, the 14th time in 15 years that number has been above the 6,400 mark.

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.

Anjali Verma was sitting in the gymnasium, fluorescent lights beaming down, Advanced Placement test booklet open—and she found that she couldn’t remember anything about physics. Everything looked too small; she had no idea what she was reading. Her head was pounding. The day before, guarding the lacrosse goal, she’d taken two hits to the head. The first happened during warm-ups. The shot came from just 4 feet away. Even though she was wearing a helmet, she remembers crying from the impact.

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.