Head injuries may “wake up” dormant viruses in the brain and trigger dementia, scientists believe. It is known that ...

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Researchers have uncovered mechanisms that may link head injuries and concussions to the emergence of neurodegenerative disease, pointing to latent viruses lurking in most of our brains that may be ...

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A groundbreaking study reveals that concussions and repetitive head injuries in sports could trigger latent viruses in the ...

Concussions and repetitive head trauma in sports like football and boxing, once accepted as an unpleasant consequence of ...

A Massachusetts high school football player who suffered a “traumatic brain injury” during his school’s Thanksgiving game has started to regain consciousness and has been transferred to Spaulding ...

A recent study by Tufts and Oxford universities reveals that head trauma can activate dormant herpes viruses in the brain, ...

Researchers uncover mechanisms that may connect the dots between trauma events and the emergence of disease. They point to ...

New research suggests that concussions and repetitive head trauma may reactivate dormant viruses like HSV-1 in the brain, potentially triggering neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

The study reveals a potential link between concussions and the activation of dormant viruses, which may lead to ...

PLAYING a sport could re-awaken dormant viruses in the brain and trigger Alzheimer’s disease, a study says. Oxford scientists ...