Veterans and TBI
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.
US Dept. of Veterans Affairs This site is a storehouse of facility and key staff information within 1280 VA facilities, maintained on a regular basis by editors and administrators nationwide throughout the VA network.
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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
