Posts Tagged ‘Veteran TBI’
By Paul Stone On December 17th, 2013
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 Kellie Lunney from Government Executive. The change will eliminate the need for veterans diagnosed with TBI and any of five specific illnesses linked to the…
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By Paul Stone On September 24th, 2013
Despite 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. Do have a peek at these guys to know more about this treatment and how oxygen is being used as a medicine to cure. A…
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By Paul Stone On July 19th, 2013
Researchers 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 explosions uses crystals, not computers. A new report published in the online edition of NeuroImage says investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine…
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By Paul Stone On June 26th, 2013
Almost 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 of these games are absolute time-wasters, but they help us escape the world for a little while and shut off our brains. However, California-based studio…
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By Paul Stone On June 17th, 2013
In 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 world’s first repositories for brain tissue to study the nature of TBI. The military will ask permission from families of service members who have deceased…
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By Paul Stone On May 8th, 2013
Sometimes 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 try every day to convey the experience in our attempts to spread awareness. As part of 60 Minutes’ recent exposé into the plight of our…
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By Paul Stone On May 7th, 2013
While 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 been so proactive. Until very recently, traumatic brain injury has been completely neglected by armed forces health experts as an invisible, and therefore unimportant, injury.…
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By Paul Stone On April 24th, 2013
Close 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 uncommon that even military doctors don’t check for it. According to a recent study by researchers at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and…
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By Paul Stone On April 2nd, 2013
You 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), only one in five veterans reported receiving any brain injury education while serving. The researchers believe this data is indicative of a lack of accurate knowledge which…
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By Paul Stone On March 27th, 2013
There 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 the National Intrepid Center of Excellence helps treat military personnel on an individual basis. Veterans hoping to take part in the program must have a case of…
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