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Preventing Degenerative Brain Disease in Our Children

Anne Wojcicki | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Traumatic Brain Injury, Degenerative Brain Disease, Tbi, Junior Seau, Alzheimer's Disease, Boxing, Brain Disease, Genotyping, Nfl, Apoe, Mental Health, Genetic Testing, Healthy Living Health News, Brain Science, Head Injury, Tbi Brain Injury, Brain Injury, Healthy Living News

If the experts in traumatic brain injury think there's value in using genotyping to gauge the risks of high-impact sports for their own children, as noted by the authors in a recent research paper, it must be of value to others, too.

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Openly Healing War's Hidden Wounds

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Military Spouses, Military Families, Afghanistan War, Iraq War Veterans, Iraq War, Tbi, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Slidepollajax, Impact News

Stephanie's husband, Michael, returned from Iraq in body, but he was plagued by unrecognized post traumatic stress. After six months stateside, he com...

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Why Are Military Spouses Being Left Out Of PTSD Treatment?

Anne Woods | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Military Families, Military PTSD, Wounded Warriors, Military Spouse, Beyond the Battlefield, Tbi, Hope for the Warriors, Ptsd, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Veterans, Impact News

"As a military spouse for 20 years, we hear that we are the backbone of the military. Now it's time to care for those who proudly serve in the shadow...

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Just How Hard Will A Wounded Warrior's Wife Fight For Her Spouse?

Torrey Shannon | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Wounded Veterans, Women, Shadow Warrior Wives, Military, Lifestyle, Invisible Injuries, Traumatic Brain Injury, Torrey Shannon, Combat Wounded, Spouses, Ptsd, Wounded Warrior Wives, Caregivers, Tbi, Veterans, Impact News

Wounded Warrior's wives are not to be trifled with. Here are the top 5 reasons why you should never piss off (or mess with) a wounded warrior's wife: ...

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Quiet in the Midst of Trauma

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Integrative Medicine, Holistic, Military Families, Holistic Practices, Trauma, Fitness for Duty, Mindfulness, Veteran Mental Health, Resilience, Combat Veterans, Tbi, Meditation, Ptsd, Veterans, Impact News

The purpose of meditation is not to stop our thinking but to create conditions for rest and peace and understanding by cultivating our attention.

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Healing and Optimal Performance

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Military Families, The Zone, Mental Health, Trauma, Fitness for Duty, Healing Trauma, Resilience, Reintegration, Optimal Performance, Combat Veterans, Tbi, Transition Assistance, Flow, Ptsd, Veterans, Impact News

At the outset of World War II, the British Ministry of Information came up with the slogan "Keep Calm and Carry On" for a poster designed to allay the fear that Germany would invade Great Britain. My friend, a commander serving in Afghanistan, uses it for his signature line.

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Bounce

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 03.04.2012

Human beings seem infinitely adaptable. But there is no silver bullet, no quick fix potion that will make a soldier, sailor, airman or Marine invulnerable to five, six or more tours of duty in today's war zone and the separations from loved ones.

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How Laughter Helps Veterans Deal With Traumatic Brain Injuries

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Resilience, Trauma, Afghanistan Veterans, Tbi, Mental Health, Evidence Based Medicine, Ptsd, Iraq Veterans, Veterans, Traumatic Brain Injury, Impact News

Mauricio provided comic relief at one retreat. In the large group, he challenged his fellow Marine Kenny by claiming that, of the two Master Sergeants...

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Turning Ghosts Into Ancestors

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Research, Trauma, Veterans, Tbi, Healing, Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Ptsd, Spirituality, Social Supports, Compassion, Fricchione, Impact News

A ghost gradually becomes an ancestor, and traumatic experiences become memories, by a most human alchemy. The beloved community provides the inspiration, the spirit of support, so we can stop holding our breaths in traumatic reaction and anticipation, and finally exhale.

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Spirituality and the Road Home

Joseph Bobrow | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: War Zone Trauma, Mental Health, Holistic Approaches, Tbi, Beloved Community, Behavioral Health, Ptsd, Spirituality, Natural Healing, Mindfulness, Healing, Healthy Living News

With the provision of such a safe emotional atmosphere, people find their own way to reconnect within themselves, with their peers, with their families and with their community.

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Cassaundra StJohn: Helping Female Vets to Move Forward

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 01.14.2012

Realizing that they were many resources for men who had served -- but not for women -- StJohn had an epiphany. She asked herself, "Why aren't I doing this?" That was the beginning of F7 Group.

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How More Time At Home Could Ease Post-Traumatic Stress For Vets

Keith Crosby | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ptsd Vets, Ptsd Military, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Military PTSD, Tbi, Vets Ptsd, Military, Peter Chiarelli, Peter W. Chiarelli, Traumatic Brain Injury, Veterans PTSD, PTSD Veterans, Ptsd, Post-Traumatic Stress, Healthy Living News

Service personnel need time to recover emotionally and physically from their battlefield scars.

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Five Ways to Give Back For the Holidays

Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011

When I was a kid, Christmas was a magical time of receiving and giving gifts. But now I'm an adult and half the people I gift don't need anything; so ...

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Bumper-Sticker Patriotism Is No Way to Honor Our Veterans

Aaron Sorkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Veterans Week, Veterans Mental Health, Veterans Affairs, Support Our Troops, Iraq War Veterans, Iraq War, Traumatic Brain Injury, Va, Veterans Day, Ptsd, Tbi, Veterans, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Slideblogshow, Politics News

If you really want to honor our troops you won't use them for an easy applause line, you won't use them to get votes, or, most insulting to them of all, to divide us into real Americans and fake Americans.

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Traumatic Brain Injury Affects Hundreds Of Thousands Of Veterans, Leaves Devastating But Often-Invisible Wounds

Washington Post | Christian Davenport | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Veterans Traumatic Brain Injuries, Robert Warren, Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Veterans Trauma, Tbi, Veterans, Politics News

The doctor begins with an apology because the questions are rudimentary, almost insultingly so. But Robert Warren, fresh off the battlefield in Afghan...

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Petraeus' Vow to Protect Soldiers: A True Commitment or Empty Promise?

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

Since 2001, over 22,600 soldiers have been pressed into signing such documents, affirming a pre-existing condition, making them ineligible for disability benefits, saving the military billions of dollars.

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No Victory for Surge of Brain Injured Veterans

Ruth Bettelheim, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Warwire, Veterans PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury, Ptsd, Traumatic Brain Injury Bill, Veterans, Afghanistan War, Tbi, Politics News

To understand the true costs of war, we need to know the long term consequences and expenses of traumatic brain injury. So far these costs are profoundly misunderstood.

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War Games: Video at the Heart of Modern Warfare and the Attempt to Heal Our Modern Soldiers

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Ptsd, Manhood, The Good Men Project, Veterans, Tbi, War, Video, Healthy Living News

Gamer skills, it turns out, have a key role to play not only in fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but also in healing the wounded.

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"Healing combat trauma" and "The Brain at War"

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ptsd, Tbi, Veterans, Impact News

Okay, people are supporting the troops in ways that are deeply important, in ways that as a country, we got a lot of work to do. There are physical ...

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Facebook Members Rally around Tortured American Soldier

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Personality Disorder, Sergeant Chuck Luther, Stop Personality Disorder Discharges for Our Wounded Soldiers, Memorial Day, Charles Nicholson, Tbi, Chuck Luther, Pd, Stop PD, Facebook, Ptsd, Enhanced Interrogation, Torture, Veterans, Politics News

Personality disorder (PD) has been cited as the cause for everything from deafness following a rocket blast to shrapnel wounds, as a means for denying benefits to soldiers who have served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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When the Army Uses "Enhanced Interrogation" on an American Soldier

Joshua Kors | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nation Magazine, Personality Disorder, Enhanced Interrogation, Veterans, Va, Personality Disorder Scandal, Chuck Luther, Tbi, Iraq, Soldiers, The Nation, Veterans Benefits, Ptsd, Wounded Veterans, Medical Care, Afghanistan, Joshua Kors, Pd, Politics News

I had been covering veterans' issues for several years and thought I'd developed a thick skin. But the pain on the other end of the telephone line as Sergeant Chuck Luther told me his story was difficult to stomach.

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Veterans: Casualties of the Drug War

Daniel Robelo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Veteran, Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, United States Armed Forces, Traumatic Brain Injury, War in Iraq, Drug Policy Institute, Substance Abuse, Veteran's Day, Veteran's Affairs, War on Drugs, Iraq, Ptsd, Tbi, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Politics News

It's a sad day in America when, instead of being offered compassion and treatment, veterans struggling with substance abuse and PTSD as a result of their service are locked up for these conditions.

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Preparing Society for the Cognitive Age

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dementia, Brain Health, Tbi, Cognitive Assessments, Bill Reichman, Cognitive Bias, Neuroscience, Schizophrenia, Cognitive Training, Treatment, Dana Foundation, Stanford University, Augmented Cognition, Alzheimer?S Foundation of America, World Economic Forum, Brain Fitness Software, Frontiers, Workplaces, Augmenting Cognition, Aging, Brain Awareness Week, Lifestyle, MATRICS Cognitive Battery, Libraries, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurocognitive, Pharmacological, Society for Neuroscience, Brain Age, Torkel Klingberg, Cognitive, Cognitive Age, Baycrest, Schools, Cognition, Healthcare, Healthy Living News

Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience research has occurred over the last 20 years -- without parallel growth of consumer awareness and appropriate professional dissemination.

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Bloomberg 3? NYC Veterans 0

Luis Carlos Montalván | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Troops, Mental Health, Memorial Day, Mayor Bloomberg, Middle East Politics, Michael Bloomberg, Veterans Day, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, President Obama, Michael Bloomberg Term Limits, Mike Bloomberg, Iraq Veterans' Mental Health, War in Iraq, Iraq Veteran Suicide, Students, New York, New York City, Tbi, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Marines, Iraq PTSD, Veterans Benefits, Homeless Veterans, Middle East, Ptsd, US Navy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Politics News

Ask any veteran and he or she will tell you that over the past several years New York City's Mayor's Office of Veterans' Affairs has done little or nothing to assist the hundreds of thousands of veterans in the city.

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Another Year In Iraq: Looking Back and Ahead

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War Anniversary, Iraq War, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Traumatic Brain Injury, President Obama, Votevets, Ptsd, Barack Obama, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Tbi, Politics News

I was in Iraq at the start of the occupation, back in May, 2003. It's impossible to not look back and shake my head in disbelief. But I also look ahead and breathe a bit of a sigh of relief.

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