WASHINGTON, DC—First Lady Michelle Obama announced a new initiative to help better train civilian providers in caring for veterans and troops. As part of this initiative, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) have “committed to creating
Read more →Three NATO troops were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan Wednesday. That kind of attack has caused nearly 40 percent of fatalities in Afghanistan and Iraq. It often causes the what’s considered the “signature wound” of these wars: brain injuries. CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward in
Read more →By HOPE HODGE – DAILY NEWS STAFF 12/05/2011 10:44 AM Medical researches at the Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital are nearing the end of a study that could determine new treatment for troops suffering from a traumatic brain injury. The Defense Department study, which began in early summer
Read more →The prevalence of what have become known as the “signature wounds” of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts – post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) – has been obvious from the beginning, but until 2008, the evidence was largely anecdotal. When the RAND corporation released
Read more →Research led by Dr. Paul Harch, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that treatment with hyperbaric oxygen nearly three years after injury significantly improved function and quality of life for veterans with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Read more →LANDSTUHL, Germany — During a firefight in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province in 2002, U.S. Army Maj. Kevin Kit Parker stood atop a hill awaiting a Medevac flight for an injured soldier when a bomb exploded several miles away. http://www.stripes.com/news/groundbreaking-research-looks-at-how-blasts-injure-brain-1.161678
Read more →Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can occur when something outside the body hits the head with significant force. Whether it is a head hitting the windshield during a car accident, an impact from a fall, head injuries received during sports or other recreational activities , or trauma from
Read more →A new study found there’s little communication between the military’s more than 200 programs treating brain injury or mental health. The Rand Corp.’s report, which was commissioned by the Defense Department, found redundancies between programs and recommends centralizing results to optimize care. “The good news is, there
Read more →They look at the board planning out how best to take the route. There are only four of them. They know there will be enemy on the road and obstacles to encounter. They work out buddy teams and how they will react, who will be security, who
Read more →A blood test for TBI may have potential for reducing CT scans in emergency departments, a new study has found. A small study published online in Annals of Emergency Medicine found that patients with TBI had significantly higher blood levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) than patients without
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