Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Glatter is a New York-based physician covering public health. One of the main reasons that health care providers order a ...

A computed tomography (CT) head scan uses X-rays to develop a 3D image of the skull, brain, and other related areas of the head. A CT scan of the head can provide more detail than a traditional X-ray, ...

Concussion patients with a normal head CT scan may believe they are free of brain injury, but CT scans often miss damage at the molecular level, warns a University of Rochester Medical Center study.

Our goal in designing this study was to attempt to document a clinical means of evaluating patients with minor head injury, possibly reducing the cost of their evaluation. We hypothesized that ...

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A high sensitivity blood test might help doctors rule out traumatic intracranial injuries like brain haemorrhage and contusion before resorting to CT scanning, according to a large, multicentre ...

Research conducted at the Wayne State University School of Medicine has helped confirm the effectiveness of a blood biomarker that can indicate if patients with a head injury can avoid a costly CT ...