CBD and THC After Brain Injury: What Does the Science Really Say?
Cannabis-based products are becoming increasingly popular among people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), persistent post-concussion symptoms (PCS) and suspected CTE
A new study has revealed that one of football's longest-standing beliefs may not be true.
For years, many people have believed that the old, heavy leather footballs used decades ago were the main reason players developed long-term brain problems. It seems logical: old footballs absorbed wa
The First Major Brain Health Study in Women's Rugby Could Change the Future of Player Safety
For decades, almost everything we know about concussion, repetitive head impacts and long-term brain health in rugby has come from studies of male athletes. Yet women's rugby has grown rapidly around
What Is Photobiomodulation? Could Light Therapy Help the Brain?
Scientists have discovered that specific wavelengths of red and near-infrared light can trigger biological changes inside cells. Rather than heating tissue, this light appears to influence how cells
Please Get Me a Hammer
Trigger warning: This article contains descriptions of severe pain and suicidal thoughts caused by a debilitating migraine attack.
Could Tiny Nanoparticles Help the Brain Clean Itself? Separating Fact from Hype—and What It Could Mean for CTE
Recently, study caught the attention of neuroscientists for a different reason. Instead of trying to destroy amyloid plaques directly, researchers developed tiny engineered nanoparticals
