Traumatic Brain Injury In The News

::WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC VIDEO:: A life-changing injury can be caused by a blow or jolt to the head. Those who suffer from a traumatic brain injury know it can be devastating, to the patients and their family members. One in every 50 Americans has one; some may not even realize it. In part one of this two part series, we take you inside the trauma center at Community Regional ...

In a little-noticed regulation change, the Pentagon's definition of combat-related disabilities is narrowed, costing some wounded veterans thousands of dollars in lost benefits. Marine Cpl. James Dixon was wounded twice in Iraq -- by a roadside bomb and a land mine. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, a concussion, a dislocated hip and hearing loss. He was diagnosed with post-traumatic ...

Dr. Ross Fletcher, chief of staff of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C., asked a recent patient, a war veteran, how many times he had been exposed to the blast of an improvised explosive device.

The Iraq war disabled them in very different ways: one soldier instantly paralyzed by a sniper's bullet, the other brain-injured by months of head-rattling explosions.

It’s been two years since doctors removed part of Chris Orr’s skull and put it in his abdomen. They did this so the Salina man would have a better chance of surviving a traumatic head injury suffered after his head struck a Lawrence bridge.

A video of the explosion showed grass flattening under the force of an invisible shock wave, swelling in advance of the fireball that scorched the crash-test dummy.

Of all the threats facing U.S. soldiers in combat, among the most dangerous are roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices (IED's). At the 61st Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics this week in San Antonio, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientist David Mott presented research aimed at predicting the risk of traumatic brain injury for U.S.

Dr. Ross Fletcher, chief of staff of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, D.C., asked a recent patient, a war veteran, how many times he had been exposed to the blast of an improvised explosive device. Answer: about 11.

GREEN BAY Sgt. Mark Meunier was shot three times, survived a double explosion and is dealing with injuries that have aged him decades, but still manages to find room in his life for gratitude.

Marine Cpl. James Dixon was wounded twice in Iraq, by a roadside bomb and a land mine. He suffered a traumatic brain injury, a concussion...