New regulation from the Veterans Affairs Department should make it easier for veterans diagnosed with traumatic brain injury and certain other associated ailments to obtain more disability pay, according to…
ReadDespite anecdotal evidence to the contrary, it appears hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatments offer no significant benefit to patients suffering from mild brain injuries suffered in Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans.…
ReadResearchers have been hard at work on using the newest technology and data to help diagnose brain injuries, but a new tool aimed at identifying potential brain injuries from bomb…
ReadAlmost all of us know what it is like to get caught up playing addicting games that are available for every type of smartphone available. We (rightly) assume that most…
ReadIn continuing the efforts to treat the huge number of soldiers who have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq with traumatic brain injury, the U.S. military has created one of the…
ReadSometimes there are feelings and experiences that simply cannot be put into words. Traumatic brain injury is certainly one of those experiences, even though those of us in the field…
ReadWhile the U.S. military has recently lept into traumatic brain injury research and awareness in the wake of the massive numbers of soldiers returning home with TBI, they haven’t always…
ReadClose to one fifth of the soldiers returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq are diagnosed with blast concussions, but many of these may actually have a rare hormone deficiency so…
ReadYou would think the prevalence of brain injury in the armed forces would lead to extensive education on the issue for our soldiers, but researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB),…
ReadThere may be some relief for service members who have been through ineffective treatment for traumatic brain injury and other psychological ills. The Department of Defense their four-week intensive treatment program at…
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