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Even a mild concussion could lead to long-term changes in the brain, according to a new study. A team of UK-based researchers led by the University of Cambridge interviewed over 600 adults aged between 40 and 59. Around a third of them had a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that led to a loss of consciousness. They analysed participants with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans and measured their cognition, sleep, depression, gait, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Nearly half of the men (48.7 per cent) said they had a history of at least one injury compared to 28.1 per cent of w…

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