healthcare
Scientists seek veterans
Researchers are trying to prevent and treat CTE, the brain disease caused by repetitive head trauma – including combat blasts. Here’s how vets can help
January 7, 2018
8:01 pm
Tag: TBI
healthcare
VA exploring alternative treatments for TBI and PTSD
Today VA announced that it will use two innovative treatments to ease the everyday challenges associated with living with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress
December 7, 2017
9:27 am
mental health
VA’s chief neuropathologist discusses how study links NFL players with Veterans
Dr. Ann McKee is known as a leading authority on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease commonly found in athletes and military Veterans
August 10, 2017
8:33 am
healthcare
Veterans who deployed are more likely to develop migraines or headache disorders
Migraine and other headache disorders can take an immense toll on a Veteran’s physical and emotional health. From the physiological symptoms that can cause debilitating
May 22, 2017
5:40 am
mental health
VA announces new strategic partnerships to advance solutions for TBI and PTSD
Designed to promote forward-thinking dialogue and innovative collaboration among private industry as well as national professional sports organizations around the issue of brain health, the VA
May 17, 2017
10:21 am
TBI
VA Research in the area of traumatic brain injury is leading to new discoveries, treatment
National Brain Injury Awareness Month, observed in March, is an appropriate time to remember our Veterans, particularly the wounds they have sustained—both visible and invisible—through
March 8, 2017
12:22 pm
mental health
Veterans with traumatic brain injuries and the realities when returning home
For Veterans, returning home may be a complicated journey filled with emotional, physical, and mental highs and lows, particularly if they are trying to recover
January 27, 2017
8:50 am
healthcare
VA study finds EEG can help differentiate between PTSD and mild traumatic brain injury
A recent VA study points to a possible breakthrough in differentiating between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), otherwise known as a concussion.
The two disorders often carry similar symptoms, such as irritability, restlessness, hypersensitivity to stimulation, memory loss, fatigue and dizziness. Scientists have tried to distinguish between mTBI and PTSD in hopes of improving treatment options for Veterans, but many symptom-based studies have been inconclusive because the chronic effects of
December 20, 2016
12:00 pm
mental health
November 15, 2016
8:14 am