Sustaining brain injuries after the age of 55 may lead to an increased risk of dementia, a new study published in JAMA Neurology (the Journal of the American Medical Association) is now reporting. This study, which was based in California, involved identifying more than 164,000 individuals who were 55 or older, who had brain injuries, [...]

Court documents show that the NFL has acknowledged that it expects about 1 in every 3 professional football players to develop serious brain injuries. According to recently released court documents related to the NFL brain injury settlement, officials with the National Football League have acknowledged that they expect about 1 in every 3 [...]

Public attention has recently been refocused on the serious risks of sustaining traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in professional sports as nine former professional hockey players in the National Hockey League (NHL) have recently filed a brain injury lawsuit against the NHL. Public focus on the risks of TBIs in sports has been reinvigorated with [...]