Traumatic Brain Injury

For Some Soldiers, The Homefront Is An Even Tougher Battle

HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 12.18.2009 | Impact

Read More: Iraq PTSD, Camp Rawah, Veterans PTSD, Operation Homefront, Traumatic Brain Injury, Edward v. Harris, Al-Anbar, Ptsd, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, 12 Days 12 Cities 12 Families, Impact News

This story is part of HuffPost Impact's 12 Days, 12 Cities, 12 Families series, highlighting Americans who have persevered to overcome incredible chal...

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Veterans: Casualties of the Drug War

Daniel Robelo | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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
Daniel Robelo

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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"Not Caused By The Game": the Costs of Taking a Tackle in 1896 and 2009

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: 19th-Century, National Football League, Football, Traumatic Brain Injury, Alzheimer’s, Concussions, Nfl Brain Concussion, Nfl, Entertainment News
Lapham's Quarterly

"Dementia Risk Seen in Players in N.F.L. Study," The New York Times, Sept. 30, 2009: A study commissioned by the National Football League reports tha...

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Handicapped Man Faces Homelessness After Financial Crisis Demolishes Trust Fund

Huffington Post | Zach Dorfman | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Mental Retardation, Traumatic Brain Injury, Bureaucracy, Health Care Reform, Financial Crisis, Bearing Witness 2.0, Bearing Witness, Health Care, Business News

As part of the Huffington Post's efforts to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up s...

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Education in Chicago: Our Sports Madness Puts Tens of Thousands of Child Athletes in Danger

Bill Sweetland | Posted 07.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sports Injuries, High School Sports, Football Worship, Intercollegiate Athletics, Grade School Sports, Football, Traumatic Brain Injury, Worship of Athletes, Young Athletes, Sports, Concussions, Youth Sports Concussions, Chicago News
Bill Sweetland

Let's get rid of that national monument to flaunted hypocrisy: intercollegiate athletics. Let's start over, with voluntary intramural sports only.

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Veterans Who Commit Crimes: What Do We Owe Them?

Diane Dimond | Posted 07.25.2009 | Home

Read More: Traumatic Brain Injury, Veterans in Trouble With the Law, Diane Dimond, Judge Robert Russell, Veteran's Courts, Post Traumatic Stresss Disorder, Vets With Emotional Problems, Home News
Diane Dimond

To answer the soldier's service with a jail sentence for behavior that might very well stem from their service makes a mockery of their bravery.

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Chrysler & GM: What Happens if Your Car Blows Up?

Don McNay | Posted 07.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Injury Victims, Trial Lawyers, Ford Pinto, American Bar Association, Uaw, Toyota, Bankruptcy, Tort Reform, Chrysler, GM Bankruptcy, Honda, Bailouts, Kentucky, Don McNay, Ford, Buick, Structured Settlements, American Association for Justice, Insurance, General Motors, Product Liability, Richmond Ky, Hyundai, Traumatic Brain Injury, Lexington KY, Aaa, Detroit Bailout, Detroit, Aaj, Personal Responsibility, Auto Bailout, Personal Finance, Business News
Don McNay

I know I'll never forget that horrible sight, I guess I found out for myself that everyone was right. Won't come back from Dead Man's Curve. -Jan a...

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Another Year In Iraq: Looking Back and Ahead

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

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
Jon Soltz

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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Technology For Brain Health: an Upcoming Revolution

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Telehealth, Neuroimaging, Geriatric, Brain Health, Research and Innovation, Ontario, Gordon Winocur, Cognitive Assessments, Aging Workforce, John Wilkinson, Healthy Aging, Brain Function, Donald Stuss, Brain Fitness, Cognitive Rehabilitation, Sharpbrains, Cardiovascular Health, Alzheimer’s Disease, Centre for Brain Fitness, Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease, Assessments of Cognitive Functions, Medicine, Groundbreaking, Psychiatry, Baby Boomer, Women, Aging, Aging and Brain Function, William Reichman, Mental Health, Physical Fitness, Gary Small, Neuroscientists, Traumatic Brain Injury, Ian Robertson, Cognitive Exercise, Stroke, Female Hormones, Brain Development, Consumer Electronic Show, Mars, Neuropsychologists, Rotman Research Institute, Nutraceuticals, Pda, Caregivers, Baycrest, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

We talk to the CEO of Baycrest, a brain fitness institute, about why Ontario and Baycrest chose to become pioneers in this area, and discuss some of the main opportunities, and challenges.

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The Way I See It- Let's Make PTSD a Household Name.

Colleen Perry | Posted 01.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Combat Veterans, Sexual Assault in Military, Psychotherapy, Tbi, Veterans PTSD, Trauma, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harrassment, Traumatic Brain Injury, Living News
Colleen Perry

I can tell you from personal experience that the symptoms of PTSD affect not only the soldier, but their their family and friends. After his return from Panama, my brother was never the same.

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New Signature Of Modern War: Traumatic Brain Injury

The Globe and Mail | HELEN BRANSWELL | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

Read More: Modern War, War in Afghanistan, Brain Injuries, Afghanistan, War in Iraq, Department of Veteran Affairs, Traumatic Brain Injury, Va, Brain Injury, Injuries From War, Iraq, War Health Risks, World News

Traumatic brain injuries have become the signature wound of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and troops who sustain them face a daunting array of pote...

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Cindy McCain's Attack On Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home

Read More: USS George Washington, Halloween, John McCain, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Troops, Cindy McCain, Joe Biden, Diane Tucker, Iraq War Funding, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, US Air Force, Iraq War, Disabled American Veterans, Traumatic Brain Injury, US Marines, 2008 Presidential Race, Brandon Friedman, US Army, USS Comstock, Blue Star Families for Obama, US Marines Afghanistan, Offthebus, US Navy, Cindy Mccain Attack on Obama's Record Offends Military Spouses, Cindy Mccain War Wives, Diane Tucker Cindy Mccain, Cindy McCain Obama, Obama, Mccain Military Vote, Home News
Diane Tucker

"It ruffles our feathers when someone claims that Barack Obama doesn't support the troops, because the Obamas have gone out of their way to understand the military, its families, and its veterans."

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ABC Reporter Bob Woodruff's Incredible Recovery From Traumatic Brain Injury

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Cognitive Rehabilitation, Iraq War, National Guard, Abc, US Military, Iraq Veterans, Mental Health, Bob Woodruff, Brain Health, Traumatic Brain Injury, John Edwards, Bob Woodruff Foundation, Iraq, Lee Woodruff, Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Sometimes Bob tells me he is not the person I married. And then, as I mention in the book, I laugh and reply "I am not either. I'm older, wiser and more wrinkled."

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