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March 7, 2012

Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic brain injury is one of the invisible wounds of war, and one of the signature injuries of troops wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq. This American Forces Press Service special report highlights the Defense Department's efforts to care for wounded warriors suffering from this condition while promoting research to improve diagnosis and treatment.

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Veterans Affairs, Defense Departments to Fund $100 Million PTSD and TBI Study

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense announced they are investing more than $100 million in research to improve diagnosis and treatment of mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Story

Army, NFL Report to Congress on
Brain-injury Initiative

The Army has made more progress in studying traumatic brain injury in the last 10 years than it made in the previous 50, the service's vice chief said. Story

Military Leads in Treating
Traumatic Brain Injury, Expert Says

Army researchers recently discovered a new dimension in imaging technology that detects minute levels of vascular damage that may allow a deeper understanding of brain injury, particularly related to trauma. Story

Army, NFL Team Up
To Fight Traumatic Brain Injury

The Army and the National Football League are working together to improve awareness of traumatic brain injury and increase research into its causes, prevention and treatment. Story

Researchers Unveil Subtle
Post-Injury Brain Changes

Army researchers recently discovered a new dimension in imaging technology that detects minute levels of vascular damage that may allow a deeper understanding of brain injury, particularly related to trauma. Story

Blood Test Could Detect Brain Injuries

The Army is running trials on a blood test, similar to one used to test blood sugar, that could help medics on the battlefield determine if an injured soldier has a mild traumatic brain injury. Story

Navy Talks TBI With Tennessee Titans

Rear Adm. Donald Gintzig, deputy chief of medical operations with the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, met with the top athletic trainer for the Tennessee Titans professional football team to discuss treatment for traumatic brain injury. Story

Army Research Drives Brain Injury Science

With $633 million and 472 active research projects on traumatic brain injury alone, the Army is driving the science behind this neglected public health problem that affects everyone from kids on the sports field to injured service members. Story

Army Refines Management of Concussion

Over the past 20 months, the Army has been working to refine the way it tracks and treats the most common form of battlefield brain injuries -- concussion, also called mild traumatic brain injury. Story

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