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…
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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 a…
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 Program (IP), an…
New Imaging Technique Pinpoints Changes in Brain Connectivity Following mTBI
New Rochelle, NY — A new imaging technique can identify the specific changes in neural communication that can disrupt functional connectivity across the brain as a result of mild traumatic…
Wounded Warrior Project Grants $15M to UCLA Program for Brain Injury, PTSD
Wounded Warrior Project approved a $15.7 million grant over three years to fund a UCLA Health treatment program for service members suffering from mild traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress…
Public Health Approach to Reducing TBI:Update from CDC
Ongoing efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce the population impact of traumatic brain injury (TBI) are documented in the May/June issue of The Journal…
Casting Light on the Invisible Wounds of War
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 5, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — According to the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can happen to anyone who has…