UPMC’s Brain Trauma Research Center, Pitt’s Department of Critical Care Medicine and Drug Discovery Institute, and CMU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering are preparing to study treatments for traumatic brain injuries…
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Relief Comes for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries
WASHINGTON (VA) – Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald has granted equitable relief to more than 24,000 Veterans following a national review of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) medical examinations conducted…
Systemic Review: Prevalence and Epidemiology of Combat Blast Injuries
A recent systematic review of the current medical literature on blast-related injuries among Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), and Operation New Dawn (OND) service members from 2001…
Traumatic Brain Injury has Lasting Effect on Sleep
Sleep-wake disturbances are a persistent problem in people who have sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and one that is underestimated by patients, study data indicate. “[O]ur data suggest that…
Brain Imaging Scans Show Some Vegetative Patients are Living on the Edge of Consciousness
Maggie Worthen was a week away from graduating from Smith College in May 2006 when she suffered a massive stroke. Her classmates found her unconscious on the floor of her…
Veterans Find Camaraderie in Reading
CHAPEL HILL Even before John Howell left for Iraq in 2009, he loved Walt Whitman’s poetry. As a soldier, he identified with Whitman’s description of the injured he saw in…
Computerized Rehabilitation Aids those Suffering from Brain Injuries
For the first time, researchers have shown that computerized cognitive rehabilitation (a program to help brain-injured or otherwise cognitively impaired individuals to restore normal functioning) can improve attention and executive…
MRI improves diagnosis of microbleeding after brain injury in military personnel
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Imaging patients soon after traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs can lead to better (more accurate) detection of cerebral microhemorrhages, or microbleeding on the brain, according to…
Long-Term Care May Not Be Best for Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury
Newswise — TORONTO, March 2, 2015 – A new, large-scale Canadian study shows that many adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) live in a long-term health setting – such as…
Wounded Warrior Project Serves More Than 400 Through Its Independence Program
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug. 25, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is officially serving more than 400 of this generation’s most seriously injured veterans and their caregivers through its Independence…