The Imperial College London has announced a coalition with a number of universities across India, fronting a study entitled Prevention of Epilepsy by Reducing Neonatal Encephalopathy (PREVENT). The campaign is cited as the worlds largest study on babies with neonatal encephalopathy and other brain injuries occurring shortly after birth, in an attempt to reduce the number of cases of epilepsy resulting from the brain trauma. Trauma to the brain during or shortly after childbirth is noted as being one of the most common risk factors for developing epilepsy across much of the world Continue reading →

Share on PinterestA childs brain can recover even after half a hemisphere is removed. Getty Images Seizures can have a devastating effect on brain development in children, and in some severe cases, physicians have even removed part of the brain to help stop them. In these cases surgeons perform a hemispherectomy, where the right or left half of the brain is surgically removed or disconnected from the other healthier half. Continue reading →

A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury, and it can occur anytime a person hits their head on something. Its one of the most common injuries in a car accident. According to an article in Medical News Today, most people recover from a concussion in about a month Continue reading →