Concussions Kept Tintin Forever Young - Study
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Comic book hero Tintin never aged during his 50-year career because the repeated blows he took to the head triggered a growth hormone deficiency, according to an analysis
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Patrice Bergeron, sidelined since Oct. 27, could be back in a Bruins sweater in about 4-6 weeks. But that's no guarantee. The recovery timeline on a Grade 3 concussion is as inconsistent and maddening as the symptoms themselves. For those of us with leaky basements, it's akin to predicting what day that last rivulet of water will dry up.
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Tycho:  It's hard to imagine not having access to a deep reservoir of supernatural knowledge to enrich and inform my daily life.  As early as age thirteen I was already curating a collection of incredible facts, highly granular assessments of wicked and ancient lizards, up to and including notes on their diet, sleep habits, and taste in home decor.  From the demure to the diabolical, I have sought to build a robust profile of the hidden world.  My very mind is an arsenal.
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A study released Tuesday indicates that violent video games cause noticeably different effects on the brains of teenagers then non-violent ones. The findings are sure to renew the debate over the safety of such games.
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She was only five when she had a head injury that damaged her skull severely. There were multiple fractures on the skull which had become bare open at several places.
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German researchers repaired the damaged skull of a seven-year-old girl with stem cells derived from her fat tissue, according to a study in the Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery.
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In an indication that the brain like the body needs exercise in old age, researchers reported on Tuesday that older people given training in mental functions stayed sharper for years afterward.
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NEW YORK  - College-age soccer players may show some degree of brain-tissue shrinkage, a small study has found -- adding to evidence that the sport carries a risk of long-term brain injury.
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World champion pairs skater Tatiana Totmianina said Monday she still doesn&#39;t know what caused her to fall and sustain a concussion during a weekend skating program, though she says she doesn&#39;t fear going back on the ice.
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NEW YORK  - Up to eight months after suffering a concussion, female college-level soccer players still have impairment in certain mental functions, Canadian researchers report.
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A nice cup of the right kind of cocoa could hold the promise of promoting brain function as people age.
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The night his hockey career ended, the night he almost died, Normand Leveille made his way into the Bruins locker room between periods in Vancouver. No one in the stands suspected he was in trouble, that the arteriovenous malformation inside his head was bleeding, life melting out of the smiling, energetic, chatty kid from Montreal by the second.
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When Sister Kathleen Treanor's soul ascends to heaven, her brain will go to a less ethereal realm: a medical lab in Kentucky. Two decades ago, Sister Treanor and 677 other members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame granted a young researcher's request to test them each year in order to track the progression of Alzheimer's disease and other age-related brain disorders.
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People with dementia survive an average  four-and-a-half years after diagnosis, researchers said on  Friday in a study they hope might help care-givers plan for  patients with Alzheimer's and other, similar illnesses.
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may help people maintain their cognitive skills as they age, a 10-year Dutch study found. The study, published in Tuesday&#39;s Neurology, reviewed the data of 295 men, born between 1900 and 1920, from Finland, Italy and Netherlands.
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World champion pairs skater Tatiana Totmianina said Monday she still doesn't know what caused her to fall and sustain a concussion during a weekend skating program, though she says she doesn't fear going back on the ice.
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Tintin, the intrepid comic book reporter, looks like a young teen because of a growth hormone deficiency and the effects of too many blows to the head, a study says.