Help is coming for many people with medical debt on their credit reports. Starting Friday, the three major U.S. credit reporting companies will stop counting paid medical debt on the reports that banks, potential landlords and others use to judge creditworthiness.

Researchers have diagnosed chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a Major League Soccer player for the first time, saying Tuesday that former Sporting Kansas City defender Scott Vermillion suffered from the degenerative brain disease.

Damage to the brain can sometimes cause confabulation, an unusual neurologic phenomenon in which people talk, often with great flourishes, about events or experiences in their lives—unaware that their stories are false.

It is estimated more than 600,000 veterans live with flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, or other symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) offers interactive programs, peer support, rehabilitative mental health workshops, access to clinical care, as well as intensive outpatient treatment through its Warrior Care Network to help veterans manage PTSD, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and combat stress.

A team of US researchers has developed a patch that, when worn on the back of the neck, may help predict concussion risk in high-contact sports like football or judo.

"We Want to Know Whose Brain Is Healing and Why" In a study, Dr. Jennifer Coughlin observed brain activity that may help predict the onset of trauma-related illnesses and cognitive decline. N.F.L. players are helping to further her research.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), once called “shell shock,” affects more people than just veterans. Do you know the signs and symptoms of PTSD? -- For PTSD treatments visit The Treatment Hub.

Researchers found that people hospitalized for a major traumatic brain injury (TBI) had a higher risk of developing dementia. However, minor TBIs (concussions with a hospital stay of less than one day) did not increase the risk of dementia.

Researchers at the University of Denver are trying to expand what we know about long COVID with the help of what they already know about head injuries.

The American Legion Post 31 in Shinnston, WV was working on an initiative to help lower the veteran suicide rate in Harrison County. Then expand across the state.