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Half as many infants and preschoolers in the United States are dying from abusive head trauma as in 2009

CDC: Fatal Abusive Head Trauma Among Children Down in the U.S.

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Deaths of children under age 5 dropped an average 13 percent annually between 2009 and 2014
Computed tomographic chest abdomen pelvis examinations rarely show acute traumatic injury in patients who had a low-velocity trauma but have acute head and/or cervical spine trauma without evidence of bodily injury

CT CAP Rarely Reveals Acute Injury in Low-Velocity Trauma

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Findings in low-velocity trauma patients without evidence of bodily harm
Imaging studies suggest that the development of β-amyloid plaques in individuals with traumatic brain injury may be related to the presence of axonal damage

Axonal Injury in Brain Trauma Tied to β-Amyloid Burden

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Imaging shows pattern of β-amyloid plaques that overlaps but differs from that of Alzheimer's disease
For patients with traumatic brain injury

Hypothermia Doesn’t Cut Intracranial Pressure in TBI

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Therapeutic hypothermia plus standard care doesn't improve outcome over standard care alone
Between 2011 and 2013

Young Children at Risk of Head Injuries From Falling Televisions

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Three-fourths of injuries occurred when children weren't closely supervised, study finds
Unique white matter injury patterns are seen for anxiety and depression after mild traumatic brain injury

Unique White Matter Injuries for Anxiety, Depression Post TBI

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Findings in mild traumatic brain injury patients; no such pattern for irritability
Testing soldiers' sense of smell can help diagnose those with traumatic brain injury

Smell Test Helps Identify Brain Injury in Soldiers

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Findings suggest new avenue for identifying hidden injuries
Eye tracking may help quantify the severity of disconjugate eye movements associated with concussion and brain injury

Eye Tracking Could Quantify Symptoms of Brain Injury

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Could serve as measure of severity of concussion-related ocular motility disruption