The U.S. military set up a bank to collect brain tissue samples to better understand battlefield brain injury. But a law that prevents tissue donations from U.S. troops has severely hampered efforts.
The new Defense Automated Neurobehavioral Assessment is a mobile phone-based application designed to help medical providers identify cases of traumatic brain injury in almost any setting, which may help clinicians diagnose a patient in as little as five minutes.
Progesterone, when administered acutely for five days to patients who suffered a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), showed no improvement in clinical outcome, according to results of a new study.
Daniel Mollino was not quite 27 when a 20-foot fall from the top of a telephone pole to the street below changed most of his world.
A local group is taking action to help break the cycle between traumatic brain injuries and suicides, especially among veterans.
There is a love letter hidden somewhere in Ben Utecht’s house.
Five months after a tragic accident on the New Jersey Turnpike, it’s unclear whether comedian Tracy Morgan will ever be “the Tracy Morgan he once was,” his lawyer said Tuesday.
Some call Navy veteran Allen Horton a hero. Horton prefers “Bub.” “Only by the grace of God, I’m still here,” Bub said. “I’m just a regular old country boy. Just plain me.”
The 31-year-old E-3 was based in Norfolk, Va. a little over 10 years ago.
“One hundred sixty pounds of pure steel,” Bub said. “I ain’t sure what happened to me haha.”
He’s a man with a sense of humor, but also a traumatic brain injury.
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded $12 million over a three-year period to the School of Medicine to establish a multi-institutional consortium to develop a new brain-trauma classification system that will lead to effective diagnostics and therapeutics.
An unprecedented, public-private partnership funded by the Department of Defense (DoD) is being launched to drive the development of better-run clinical trials and may lead to the first successful treatments for traumatic brain injury, a condition affecting not only athletes and soldiers, but also millions among the general public, ranging from youngsters to elders.