Veterans and TBI
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Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center [DVBIC]The mission of the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) is to serve active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives and educational programs.
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Troops With Traumatic Brain Injury Face Long Road to Recovery (8.18.10)
Soldiers with brain injuries at higher risk of epilepsy decades later (8.03.10)
Troops suffer long-term brain impacts from shock waves, Seattle study finds (7.09.10)
Military fails on brain-test follow-ups (7.09.10)
Military Still Failing To Diagnose, Treat Brain Injuries (7.05.10)
Physical therapy recommendations for service members with mild traumatic brain injury (6.24.10)
The role of speech-language pathology and audiology in the optimal management of the service member returning from Iraq or Afghanistan with a blast-related head injury (6.24.10)
Posttraumatic stress symptoms in OIF/OEF service members with blast-related and non-blast-related mild TBI (6.23.10)
Symptoms in military service members after blast mTBI with and without associated injuries (6.23.10)
Military Traumatic Brain Injury and Blast (6.22.10)
Intercontinental aeromedical evacuation of patients with traumatic brain injuries during Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (6.18.10)
Study raises questions about military's brain injury assessment tool (6.18.10)
Pentagon enlists universities to collaborate on brain implants to repair brain injury (5.26.10)
Military aims for better concussion detection (4.02.10)
Traumatic brain injuries can occur outside of combat, too (3.23.10)
Pentagon sets brain trauma protocols (3.23.10)
Military report shows how many Canadian soldiers suffered mild brain injuries (2.23.10)
Study Measures Traumatic Brain Injury (2.16.10)
Back From Iraq ... With A Traumatic Brain Injury (11.25.09)
Traumatic brain injury: an overview of pathobiology with emphasis on military populations (11.11.09)
Traumatic brain injury: an overview of pathobiology with emphasis on military populations (10.29.09)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Mediates the Relationship Between Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Health and Psychosocial Functioning in Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom (10.28.09)
SFC Fluidics, LLC Receives Funding from US Army for Development of Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnostic Device (10.09.09)
Mullen seeks brain-injury limit (10.08.09)
'Promising' technology can aid brain-injured soldiers (09.24.09)
Helmet sensors providing data that may decrease brain injury (09.17.09)
Brain Injury Association of America Urges President Obama to Include Cognitive Rehabilitation for Returning Service Members as a Part of TRICARE Coverage (07.07.09)
U.S. officials say war concussions overdiagnosed (05.04.09)
BrainScope positioned to identify traumatic brain injuries suffered by military troops (04.21.09)
Despite improved TBI outreach, critics say needs not met (03.09.09)
Wartime troop brain injures could reach 360,000 (03.09.09)
New test measures cognitive changes in deployed troops (02.20.09)
Head injuries a commonality among recent veterans (01.27.09)
War Vets With Headaches Could Have Brain Problems (01.20.09)
Severe and Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury in the Context of War (01.09.09)
Traumatic Brain Injuries Linked to Long-Term Health Issues for Iraq Vets (01.02.09)
The physics of explosives and blast helmets (12.29.08)
Air Force's Stands Up First Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic For Wounded Warriors (11.20.08)
Out of Iraq emerges hope for those with the severest of head injuries (10.03.08)
VA to increase benefits for mild brain trauma (10.01.08)
In the line of fire: traumatic brain injury among Iraq War veterans (09.17.08)
Iraq veterans fight brain injuries with unique VA program (09.04.08)
War Veterans’ Concussions Are Often Overlooked (08.27.08)
U.S. Department of Labor initiative aids employment of veterans with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder (08.27.08)
Department of Defense awards $35 million to support local brain injury research (08.19.08)
Crystal clue in army brain injury (08.13.08)
Army issues new guidelines for TBI care (07.22.08)
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury Differences Between Military and Nonmilitary Injuries (07.11.08)
U.S. Troops To Get Cognitive Screening (07.03.08)
National Rehabilitation Hospital Team to Work with US Army to Improve Rehab Care for Wounded Soldiers (06.19.08)
Self Help Therapy for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (05.23.08)
Traumatic brain injury during Operation Iraqi Freedom: findings from the United States Navy–Marine Corps Combat Trauma Registry (05.15.08)
Iraq vets often lose vision to brain injuries (05.15.08)
Audit: Vets with brain injury still not getting proper care (05.08.08)
The hidden war: American soldiers vs. TBI (04.29.08)
Pentagon seeks battlefield device to diagnose brain injury (04.18.08)
Profs study use of sensors in combat helmets (04.03.08)
Brain-injured veterans face lifelong struggles (04.03.08)
DOD delayed brain injury scans for returning troops (03.18.08)
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Soldiers Returning from Iraq (02.05.08)
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in U.S. Soldiers Returning from Iraq (01.31.08)
Defense Center Gears Up for Mental Health, Traumatic Brain Injuries (01.30.08)
Task Force Wants Brain Injury Studies (01.18.08)
Sensors May Lead to Faster Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injuries (01.16.08)
Brain-trauma study looks to war injuries for answers (01.08.08)
Soldiers at war can escape blast shrapnel, yet suffer brain injuries (01.03.08)
Brain-injured war veterans show a faster decline in cognitive functioning as they age (12.19.07)
Bill offers private TBI treatment, for some (12.14.07)
Understanding helps families, soldiers deal with brain injuries (12.11.07)
Team at University of Toledo tackles brain injury puzzle: Troops in Iraq prone to affliction (11.27.07)
Combat brain injuries multiply (11.26.07)
Report: Veteran head injury care poor (11.15.07)
Troops cheat on brain-injury tests to stay with units (11.14.07)
VA says 6 percent of combat vets have TBIs (11.12.07)
A bill to provide and enhance intervention, rehabilitative treatment, and services to veterans with traumatic brain injury, and for other purposes (10.22.07)
TBI care still has many problems, spouse says (10.18.07)
Wounded Vets Also Suffer Financial Woes (10.01.07)
UCLA Neurosurgery Expert Notes Iraq War Reveals a Lot about Traumatic Brain Injury -- and a Different Way to Think about It (10.01.07)
Scientists: Brain injuries from war worse than thought (9.25.07)
Researchers lead efforts to prevent, treat brain injuries of combat troops (9.24.07)
Army conducts brain tests on soldiers (9.20.07)
Fighting Head Trauma in Iraq: Sensor-equipped helmets that measure the shock from explosive devices could reach the field this year (9.18.07)
A new memory tool for brain-injured troops (9.17.07)
Thousands of U.S. troops coping with brain damage, uncertain futures; doctors challenged (9.10.07)
Ruptured eardrums linked to brain injuries in troops (8.23.07)
Technology sought to detect brain injuries (8.20.07)
War on the Brain: Understanding TBIs (8.17.07)
After Iraq: Soldiers can have troubles lurking under the surface (8.16.07)
Military Brain Injury Rehab Program Returns More Than 70% of Patients to Full-Time, Active Duty Status in First Year (8.08.07)
PTSD, Mild TBI Chain Teaching Begins at Pentagon (8.06.07)
Senate passes sen. Craig's traumatic brain injury legislation (7.27.07)
$17.3M for US Military's Brain Injury Program (7.24.07)
Battle plan against war-related brain injuries sought (7.23.07)
Pilot project works with brain-injured veterans (7.23.07)
Soldiers to learn signs of stress, brain injury (7.18.07)
VA will expand mental health services (7.17.07)
Easing the pains of war-scarred brains (7.17.07)
Gov. Blagojevich announces landmark Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder program for Illinois Veterans (7.05.07)
Military Center Studies Traumatic Brain Injuries (7.02.07)
Injured Veteran Uses Own Experience to Inspire Others With Traumatic Brain Injuries (6.28.07)
War Injured Overwhelm Care System / Tens of Thousands Have Returned to U.S., Many With Brain Injuries (6.27.07)
Senators Push Disability Boost for Veterans (6.19.07)
Help Sought for Hurt Soldiers' Families (6.19.07)
VA Prepares For Younger Population With Traumatic Brain Injuries (6.18.07)
VA secretary says veterans screened for brain injuries, PTSD (6.12.07)
Concerns grow about war veterans' misdiagnoses (6.11.07)
Brain injuries high among Iraq casualties
Key Iraq wound: Brain trauma
Casualty of War
Damaged brains are emerging as the singular injury of the Iraq conflict. A soldier’s story
Lasting head injuries on the rise in Iraq
Traumatic brain injury in the war zone
Even mild injuries to brain add up
Brain trauma 'signature' injury of wars in Afghanistan, Iraq
Traumatic brain injury on the front line
A shock wave of brain injuries
Doctors scramble to handle war veterans' brain injuries
Brain injuries afflicting Iraq war veterans
