DOD partners to combat brain injury
Experts from the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs gathered Aug. 14 at the Military Health System ...
Tag: injury
New imaging technique detects changes in veins that may better illuminate brain injury
A new dimension in imaging technology detects minute levels of vascular damage in the form of bleeding, clots and reduced ...
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 ...
Soldiers who smoke have increased injury risk, reduced muscle endurance
Nearly one-third of active-duty service members smoke, and that figure increases among troops in a combat zone, according to the ...
Assessing brain injury: Virtual reality may hold answer
With the possibilities of concussion, neurotoxin exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder among service members, the need for accurate and widespread ...
Report examines lower-body blast injuries
The Army Surgeon General's Office released its report yesterday on dismounted complex blast injuries, which more than twice as many ...
Deployed docs discuss mental health, brain injury treatment
Among all the injuries servicemembers sustain during a combat deployment, the most common are concussions, post-traumatic stress and other difficult ...
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 ...
Military progresses in identifying, treating brain, mental injuries
WASHINGTON: Nine years of conflict has revolutionized the way the military treats its combat wounded, Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson ...
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