Vets Return With Brain Injuries Oft Seen In Football 
WBUR
The signs are often found in the brain during an autopsy. And now, CTE has begun to appear in the brains of veterans. Researchers are wondering whether CTE could be related to traumatic brain injury, another mysterious injury that many veterans have ...

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Brain injuries in athletes similar to those in war vets; Both show signs of ... 
New York Daily News
Autopsies of four young veterans found the earliest signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in their brain tissue, Boston researchers reported Wednesday. They compared the brain tissue of some of the youngest athletes ever found with signs ...
Revealing brain damage from battlefield to playing field Chicago Tribune
Small study links veterans' blast injuries with risk of later brain disease ... Washington Post
Football, combat brain trauma similar Boston Globe
U.S. News & World Report 
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Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer Randall H. Scarlett to Give Lecture to Colorado ... 
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
Traumatic brain injury lawyer Randall H. Scarlett, whose law firm Web site URL can be found at www.scarlettlawgroup.com, hereby announces that Mr. Scarlett will be giving a lecture to the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association Convention that is set to be ...

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Study: War vets', athletes' brain injuries similar 
CBS News
(CBS News) In recent years, more than 200000 troops have tested positive for traumatic brain injuries, including concussions. Now, CBS News correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook reports a new study finds they may be at risk for the same kind of long-term brain ...
Brain Ailments in Veterans Likened to Those in Athletes New York Times
Revealing brain damage from battlefield to playing field Reuters
Traumatic brain injuries linked to roadside bombs GlobalPost
Boston.com (blog)  -Columbus Dispatch  -Minneapolis Star Tribune 
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Paralysis victims use brain signals to control robotic arm 
Vineland Daily Journal
About 260000 US patients are living with spinal cord injuries, which combined with traumatic brain injuries and strokes cause roughly a million disability cases nationwide every year, according to American Heart Association committee estimates.

 

Life after the battlefield not easy for veteran Wright 
Mercury-Register
(Jason Halley/Staff Photo) CHICO ? As Nick Wright was pulled through the twists and turns of losing his mother at 15, a failed marriage, war, a severe brain injury and the ravages of post-traumatic stress disorder, he never lost touch with his sense ...
California Marine among those sharing stories Denver Post

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What you need to know about traumatic brain injuries 
Fox News
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an external force, such as a violent blow, damages the brain. Depending on the severity of the injury, this could end in serious long-term damage or even death. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report ...
Brain injury article offered useful information In-Forum

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UTHealth Pediatric Surgery Expands Regenerative Medicine Program 
Newswise (press release)
Stem cells may also help children with traumatic brain injuries. Charles Cox Jr., MD, professor of pediatric surgery, director of the Pediatric Trauma Program at the UTHealth Medical School/Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and The Children's Fund ...

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Veteran jogs to aid injured comrades 
Boston.com
Funds raised will provide clinical care and support services for returning veterans with combat stress or traumatic brain injury and their families. They will also go to research into improving treatments and prevention, and community education.
Third Run to Home Base held at Fenway Redsox.com
Thousands Expected to Turn Out for Run-Walk to Home Base at Fenway Park NESN.com

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The Purple Heart: Reflecting the Changing Nature of War and of US Society 
The Moderate Voice
When significant numbers of our troops began returning home from the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) ? often referred to as the ?signature wounds? of those ...