Consortia focus on PTSD, mild traumatic brain injury
The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of ...
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Study finds brain lesions in spy plane pilots
Tiny brain lesions are vastly more common in US Air Force pilots who fly at high altitudes than in non-pilots, ...
DOD, VA partnership key in treating brain trauma
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments are using their partnered programs to identify and treat traumatic brain injury, representatives of ...
Shielding body protects brain from shell shocking blast injuries
Stronger and tougher body armor to shield the chest, abdomen and back may be just what soldiers fighting in the ...
Therapy dogs helping with more than PTSD, TBI
Launched just eight months ago, Veterans Moving Forward vows to provide service dogs, at no cost, to veterans with physical ...
Brain experts meet to further Soldier head protection
Soldiers can have some of the same brain damage as boxers, according to one researcher who presented at the Soldier ...
Army officials work to treat invisible wounds of war
WASHINGTON: Military leaders and troops alike need more time at home between deployments to help diagnose and receive treatment for ...
Study of brain hot topic at Army Science Conference
ORLANDO, Fla.: Hundreds of Army medical, science and technology experts gathered to discuss neuroscience and its role in training and ...
Policy to mandate head injury evaluations
WASHINGTON: Defense Department officials expect to launch a new policy in the coming months that will make head-injury evaluations mandatory ...
Helmet Sensors Providing Data That May Decrease Brain Injury
FORT BELVOIR, Va: For the past year, almost 7,000 sensors mounted on helmets in Iraq and Afghanistan have been collecting ...
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