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Funding for mental health research yielding...
Research advances in mental health and care provided for Soldiers is light years ahead of what it was during the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the director of Army Medical Command... MORE about Funding for mental health research yielding results
Natick wounded warrior, Reservist deploying to...
Staff Sgt. Brian Scott is getting ready to deploy to Afghanistan as a squad leader with the 344th Military Police Company, an Army Reserve unit out of Massachusetts, after being wounded in Iraq... MORE about Natick wounded warrior, Reservist deploying to Afghanistan
West Point health care providers focus on brain...
March is Brain Injury Awareness month. Both the greater Army and the leadership at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., have worked to increase awareness of brain injury, with focus on... MORE about West Point health care providers focus on brain injury prevention, diagnosis, treatment
Tripler promotes Traumatic Brain Injury...
In an effort to help educate beneficiaries on what brain injury services and support are available, a Brain Injury Awareness Open House was held, March 21, 2013, at Tripler Army Medical Center. MORE about Tripler promotes Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
Womack Army Medical Center hosts traumatic...
As part of Brain Injury Awareness Month, Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg, N.C., provided an opportunity to learn and gain further knowledge of traumatic brain injuries and concussions by... MORE about Womack Army Medical Center hosts traumatic brain injury panel
Wounded warrior: Brain injury 'doesn't mean...
Spc. Kevin Wear was riding in an armored vehicle in Afghanistan last summer when a roadside bomb exploded, tearing the vehicle into three pieces and killing three of the five passengers inside... MORE about Wounded warrior: Brain injury 'doesn't mean you're broken'
'Invisible wounds' taking toll, Congress told
Lt. Gen. Howard B. Bromberg, the Army's deputy chief of staff, G-1, and other DOD leaders testified March 21, 2013, to the House Armed Services, Military Personnel Subcommittee hearing on suicide... MORE about 'Invisible wounds' taking toll, Congress told
Mouth device in clinical trials as possible...
Researchers at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and NeuroHabilitation Corporation have created an electrode-covered oral... MORE about Mouth device in clinical trials as possible treatment for TBI
USACE volunteers build walkway, make moving...
American Wounded Warriors who can be rehabilitated in Afghanistan may receive care at the Warrior Recovery Center. At the facility, medical professionals provide short-term, comprehensive care... MORE about USACE volunteers build walkway, make moving around easier for Wounded Warriors at KAF
USO opens largest Wounded Warrior and Family...
The USO cut the ribbon on their new Wounded Warrior and Family Center at Fort Belvoir during the grand opening ceremony Tuesday. The center, which is the largest in USO history, measures 20,000... MORE about USO opens largest Wounded Warrior and Family Center in history on Belvoir
SecArmy reviews new tools to improve behavioral...
Secretary of the Army John McHugh stepped into a high-tech world of psychology at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Feb. 6, 2013. MORE about SecArmy reviews new tools to improve behavioral health
USO opens largest center at Fort Belvoir
The USO cut the ribbon on their new "Wounded Warrior and Family Center" at Fort Belvoir, Va., during a grand opening ceremony, Feb. 5, 2013. MORE about USO opens largest center at Fort Belvoir
Soldiers, former NFL players discuss life after...
Former professional football players met "real warriors," Jan. 12, 2013, and discovered they had a lot in common. MORE about Soldiers, former NFL players discuss life after violence
Army vice chief tours TBI, PTSD treatment center
Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III toured the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Dec. 19, 2012, to gain... MORE about Army vice chief tours TBI, PTSD treatment center
TBI linked to range of vision problems
Traumatic brain injuries can result in many visual problems such as binocular vision dysfunction, light sensitivity, and visual field defects. Although progress has been made in recent years, the... MORE about TBI linked to range of vision problems
'Hire a Veteran' campaign seeks to debunk myths
Educational program addresses ways to ease employers' concerns about hiring veterans MORE about 'Hire a Veteran' campaign seeks to debunk myths
Soldiers, NFL players team up against brain...
Soldiers from 7th Infantry Division and former National Football League players shared their experiences with traumatic brain injuries during a round-table discussion, Nov. 20, 2012, at Virginia... MORE about Soldiers, NFL players team up against brain injuries
IMCOM leaders help Bears & Texans honor...
Leadership from the U.S. Army Installation Management Command, including Lt. Gen. Mike Ferriter and Command Sgt. Maj. Earl Rice, participated in the Chicago Bears' annual tribute to military... MORE about IMCOM leaders help Bears & Texans honor vets, discuss TBI
Army launches "Hire a Veteran"...
With more than 80,000 disabled Veterans expected to enter the workforce over the next five years, the U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command launched a national education campaign to address... MORE about Army launches "Hire a Veteran" campaign to debunk myths
Warrior Transition Command launches 'Hire a...
The Army's Warrior Transition Command unveiled its three-pronged Hire a Veteran education campaign plan Nov. 19, 2012, which aims to help employers understand that wounded warriors can bring a... MORE about Warrior Transition Command launches 'Hire a Veteran' campaign
3 Army veterans honored with Purple Heart medals
Sgt. Ralph Cipriati, Sgt. Sean Hook and Spc. Miguel Ramos, three former Soldiers assigned to the Keller Army Community Hospital Warrior Transition Unit, were presented Purple Heart medals Thursday... MORE about 3 Army veterans honored with Purple Heart medals
Titans drop in on Wounded Warrior unit
Three Tennessee Titans quarterbacks dropped by Fort Campbell's Warrior Resiliency and Recovery Center on Tuesday, visiting Soldiers recovering from traumatic brain injuries as well as other... MORE about Titans drop in on Wounded Warrior unit
Natick engineer looks at football technology to...
A Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center engineer is looking at football helmet technology that could one day also help protect Soldiers. MORE about Natick engineer looks at football technology to improve helmets
Fort Hood prepares for Intrepid Center...
Fort Hood, Texas, is one of six Army installations slated to construct a National Intrepid Center of Excellence Satellite facility to provide comprehensive care and treatment to Soldiers with... MORE about Fort Hood prepares for Intrepid Center Satellite program
Boston program helps veterans finally reach home
The Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital teamed up in 2009 to form the "Home Base Program" to treat veterans with post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries. MORE about Boston program helps veterans finally reach home
Fort Bliss Soldier healing to transition
Spc. Hope Clark calls herself a broken Soldier. The Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Bliss, Texas, just calls her a Soldier -- with goals, candor and an understanding of what transition... MORE about Fort Bliss Soldier healing to transition
Army, NFL report to Congress on brain-injury...
The Army has made more progress in studying traumatic brain injury in the last 10 years than it made in the previous 50, said the service's vice chief. MORE about Army, NFL report to Congress on brain-injury initiatives
Former Army cadet wins Paralympic silver
Former U.S. Military Academy cadet Jennifer Schuble won a silver medal in the 500-meter time trial paracycling event, Sept. 1, 2012, at the Olympic Park's Velodrome in London. MORE about Former Army cadet wins Paralympic silver
NFL, Army both work to combat traumatic brain...
The Army and National Football League are both working to improve awareness of traumatic brain injury and further research into its causes, prevention and treatment. MORE about NFL, Army both work to combat traumatic brain injury
Army Chief of Staff, NFL commissioner sign...
WEST POINT, N.Y. (Aug. 30, 2012) -- The U.S. Military Academy hosted a joint panel discussion with the Army and the NFL Aug. 30 to promote cultural change on traumatic brain injury... MORE about Army Chief of Staff, NFL commissioner sign joint TBI initiative
New imaging technique detects changes in veins...
A new dimension in imaging technology detects minute levels of vascular damage in the form of bleeding, clots and reduced levels of oxygenation that may better illuminate our understanding of brain... MORE about New imaging technique detects changes in veins that may better illuminate brain injury
Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho welcome you to the...
Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, the Army's Surgeon General and commanding general of Army Medical Command. I'd like to welcome you to the Army's traumatic brain injury page. MORE about Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho welcome you to the Army's traumatic brain injury page
Army, NFL collaborate on traumatic brain injury...
The National Football League now wants to put into the helmets of its players the same type of sensors used by the Army to evaluate concussive events that could lead to traumatic brain injury. MORE about Army, NFL collaborate on traumatic brain injury helmet sensors
Caisson therapeutic riding program moves to...
Approximately 175 wounded warriors suffering from physical wounds, traumatic brain injuries and post traumatic stress disorder have been treated by a unique form of therapy: the therapeutic riding... MORE about Caisson therapeutic riding program moves to Belvoir
Fort Belvoir gets new center to combat complex...
Fort Belvoir Community Hospital in Virginia broke ground on the first satellite center of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, June 13, 2012. MORE about Fort Belvoir gets new center to combat complex psychological health issues
Colonel honored with humanitarian award from...
U.S. Army Colonel Geoffrey S. F. Ling, M.D., Ph.D., who has been at the cutting edge of brain injury research since the mid 1990s was awarded the Humanitarian Award from the Brain Mapping... MORE about Colonel honored with humanitarian award from the Brain Mapping Foundation for work with TBI
'Old Guard' Soldiers, horses assist wounded...
Therapeutic Riding Program uses Soldiers and horses from the U.S. Army Caisson Platoon, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), to provide equine assisted therapy for Wounded Warriors and... MORE about 'Old Guard' Soldiers, horses assist wounded warriors with therapeutic riding
Trials for traumatic brain injury blood test...
The Army is now running trials on a blood test, similar to one used to test blood sugar, that can be used by medics on the battlefield to determine if a Soldier has sustained damaged brain cells... MORE about Trials for traumatic brain injury blood test underway
USAMRMC teams up with the Medical College of...
The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command's Military Operational Medical Research Program has teamed up with the Medical College of Wisconsin in conducting a head-to-head trial study of... MORE about USAMRMC teams up with the Medical College of Wisconsin mTBI trial
