Revealing brain damage from battlefield to playing field NEW YORK (Reuters) - Traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, is doubly cruel: it leaves many victims emotionally shattered and cognitively crippled. But because mild and moderate brain injuries do not show up on CT or other imaging, doctors and even family members are often skeptical that any real damage exists. ...

What you need to know about traumatic brain injuries Traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs when an external force, such as a violent blow, damages the brain.

Brain injury link NFL players, vets? The same dementia-like disease found in the brain tissue of several National Football League players has shown up in the brains of four U.S. veterans exposed to improvised explosive devices and other head trauma, according to new research.

Does brain injury link NFL players, wounded warriors? The same dementia-like disease found in the brain tissue of several National Football League players has shown up in the brains of four U.S. veterans exposed to improvised explosive devices and other head trauma, according to new research.

Report: Single Bomb Blast Causes Soldiers NFL-like Brain Trauma The concussive effects of a single blast from one of the roadside bombs common in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is enough to cause the same brain injury linked to a recent rash of suicides in professional and amateur football players, according to a new study.

Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor Launches TryMunity, a Social Site for Accident Victims, Survivors and Supporters of ... A local 27-year-old Dallas man, Mike Black, survives after being thrown from his car and landing 40-feet away on his head. Black was not expected to live after suffering the most severe brain injury possible in an accident.

Study links brain injuries with homelessness Brain injury could be a significant risk factor for people becoming homeless, according to a charity study.

Research findings show brain injury to soldiers can arise from exposure to a single explosion A team of investigators have shown evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in brain tissue from blast-exposed military service personnel. Laboratory experiments demonstrated that exposure to a single blast equivalent to a typical improvised explosive device results in CTE and long-term brain impairments that accompany the disease. They also found that the blast wind, not the shock ...

Brain Disease Is Found in Veterans Exposed to Bombs The same degenerative brain disease found in football players and boxers has been found in veterans exposed to roadside bombs, a finding with potentially profound implications.

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