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 ...

For years, the treatment protocol for children with concussions involved keeping them out of school to rest in a quiet, dark room with reduced access to screens until they felt better. In the past ...

Thursday night, NFL fans saw the quarterback of the Miami Dolphins suffer a scary concussion, and he’s not alone. Millions of athletes are diagnosed with concussions every year. Pittsburgh has become ...

On Tuesday, Oragenics Inc. (NYSE:OGEN) said it has completed a key study for its new concussion drug, ONP-002. What Happened: A recent study shows that the drug successfully targets areas inside the ...

Irritability, headache, nausea, light sensitivity, forgetfulness, insomnia. Ask someone with a concussion about what it feels like, and you are likely to hear some of these descriptors. Vertigo, brain ...

The goal of finding a treatment for concussion may be one step closer due to a new study being launched by University of Miami researchers. As part of a $16 million research grant from Scythian ...

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NEW ORLEANS — In the U.S., there are an estimated two million sports-related concussions a year in children and teens. And in the last several years, sports medicine doctors have adopted a new ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A study led by Akron Children’s Hospital researchers suggests that cooling the head and neck after mild brain injuries reduces concussion symptoms. The study was recently published ...

Objective To evaluate the predictive value of common, persisting post-concussion symptoms (dizziness, visual problems, sensitivity to light, sleeping more than usual, trouble falling asleep and ...

A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury that disrupts normal brain function. Recovery involves physical and mental rest to allow the brain to heal. One common question is whether drinking ...