The 2016 State of Origin rugby league competition is over for another year and the focus has shifted to off-field events with claims for compensation for brain injury.
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The evidence that football leads to brain injury is mounting, but there are two big reasons why it’s not likely to change anytime soon.
Lesions on a particular region of the brain can cause ‘acquired dyslexia’.
George R. R. Martin’s Hodor is a textbook example of someone with expressive aphasia.
Life-threatening brain injuries are thankfully rare in cricket and other sports, even those that involve collisions. But Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes’ tragic accident yesterday shows how little…
Once we’ve decided to do something we mentally prepare for it. This means being derailed seriously impairs how well we can…
Almost half of homeless men in Toronto have suffered traumatic brain injuries in the past, according to a recent study. Researchers…
Neuroscientists found the “off switch” for nerve cell formation, advancing the possibility of brain cell regeneration. The…
We live in a society that is fascinated by the brain – how it works, how it differs across individuals or changes over our lifetimes and how it makes us different to other species. And over the years…
You might think you don’t have much in common with a fruit fly. But studying them could tell us more about human conditions such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) - from, for example, a motorbike accident…
A serious illness or brain injury can put a person into a coma: a sleep-like or a vegetative state where they are awake but unaware. These disorders of consciousness are sometimes not accurately diagnosed…
There have been many studies into how our mental health can influence our recovery from illness or trauma - and maybe even help us live longer. But the worries of family and friends could also affect how…
A new study from the American Academy of Neurology suggests that traumatic brain injury could be one of the many factors associated with the risk of ischaemic stroke. A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is…
Repeated head injuries, even if they do not result in concussion, can cause long-term brain damage, a study has found. Researchers…
The Australian Rugby League (ARL) Commission’s decision last week to ban the shoulder charge from all competitions from 2013 has divided fans. Some applaud the decision in the name of improving player…
In his new book, Catholic bioethicist Nicholas Tonti-Filippini attempts to portray the surgeons involved in organ donation as modern-day grave robbers. As described in a recent article in The Age, Professor…
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability, affecting 35,000 Australians, or one in 500 people. It is estimated that one Australian child is born with cerebral palsy every 15 hours. We…
A new drug could prevent secondary damage from a traumatic brain injury, research has found. While the initial injury may…
Data studied over 30 years has revealed that reasoning and behavioural control depend on a different area from decision-making…
A previously undiscovered system in the brain has been found to act like a series of pipes, using blood vessels to drain…
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