If you have a concussion, the best thing to do is rest, drink water, and eat healthfully. Avoiding screens and bright lights can also help. In some cases, you may have a more serious injury that needs ...

When the whistle blew at the end of the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup final, Kat Merchant was overcome with emotion for more reasons than one. Not only had she and her England team-mates just beaten ...

This article investigates the causes, treatments, and diagnosis of concussion. Concussion is also known as mild brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury, mild head injury, and minor head trauma. In ...

Doctors may prescribe off-label medications such as amitriptyline, topiramate, or ondansetron to help treat concussion symptoms like headaches, sleep problems, and nausea. A concussion is a mild ...

1 Department of Family Medicine, for Stanley Herring Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Purpose of the statement To provide an ...

The most common and least serious type of traumatic brain injury is called a concussion. The word comes from the Latin word concutere, which means "to shake violently." A concussion is most often ...