Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
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VA Stops Releasing Data On Injured Vets As Total Reaches Grim Milestone [EXCLUSIVE]
The United States has likely reached a grim but historic milestone in the war on terror: 1 million veterans injured from the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. But you haven't heard this reported anywhere else. Why? Because the government is no longer sharing this information with the public. Read More »
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After Years Of Use, Dangers Of Opioid Drugs Discovered
Two-thirds of the Texas Iraq and Afghanistan veterans the American-Statesman identified as dying of overdoses had powerful prescription painkillers in their systems, according to autopsies and medical examiner reports. Read More »
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Are Multiple Concussions Driving Suicides In The Military?
The U.S. military has faced two epidemics over the last decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. One is suicide. [...] The other is concussion, also known as mild traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Read More »
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Avanir Pharmaceuticals Announces Research Collaboration With Department Of Veterans Affairs For Screening Pseudobulbar Affect (PBA) Symptoms In Veterans With Traumatic Brain Injury
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVNR) in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and United BioSource Corporation (UBC) today announced a pilot study to screen for pseudobulbar affect (PBA) symptoms in approximately 1,000 veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) . Read More »
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Avanir Pharmaceuticals Presents Data From A Benchmark Study Of PBA Symptoms In Veterans With Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Avanir Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNR) today announced the presentation of results from a first-of-its-kind study of pseudobulbar affect (PBA) symptoms in veterans with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) conducted in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Evidera. Read More »
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Brain Trauma Raises Risk Of Later PTSD In Active-Duty Marines
In a novel study of U.S. Marines investigating the association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) over time, a team of scientists led by researchers [...] report that TBIs suffered during active-duty deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan were the greatest predictor for subsequent PTSD, but found pre-deployment PTSD symptoms and high combat intensity were also significant factors. Read More »
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Cernering the Market
After years of speculation and rumors, in a move that surprised absolutely no one, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs is moving to Cerner Millenium to replace its home-grown VistA electronic health record. On the surface this makes sense, because of DoD’s move to Cerner in 2015 and an overarching VA desire to move from custom software to COTS software. However, SecVA’s decision is only the beginning of an extremely long path, as DHA is finding with its MHS GENESIS project. Moreover, VA has a broader scope than DHA. Unlike DHA, whose primary goal is to provide a medically ready fighting force, VA handles a slew of additional tasks, including...
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DARPA Plans Deep Brain Dive To Understand PTSD, TBI
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has launched a program that aims to use shared, multi-disciplinary brain research data and analysis tools to -- among other things -- develop quantitative characterizations of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. Read More »
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Department Of Veterans Affairs: "They Are Rearranging The Deck Chairs On A Sinking Ship"
Veterans Wait for Benefits as Claims Pile Up
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DOD Partners To Combat Brain Injury
Experts from the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs gathered Aug. 14 at the Military Health System Research Symposium to discuss the future of research on mental health and traumatic brain injury. Read More »
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DoD, VA Establish Two Multi-Institutional Consortia To Research PTSD And TBI
In response to President Obama’s Executive Order, the [DoD and VA] highlighted today the establishment of two joint research consortia, at a combined investment of $107 million to research the diagnosis and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) over a five-year period. Read More »
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Experts To Discuss Latest Advances In Veterans' Mental Health Treatment At Congressional Briefing
Traumatic brain injury, phantom limb pain, depression, ptsd, among topics... Read More »
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Finally Home, Traumatically Injured Vets Face New Lives As VA Faces Costs
Jerral Hancock wakes up every night in Lancaster, Calif., around 1 a.m. dreaming he is trapped in a burning tank. He opens his eyes, but he can't move, he can't get out of bed and he can't get a drink of water. Read More »
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Hey, Funding For A Program That Actually Helps Wounded Warriors Is Running Out!
The Defense Department, the veterans administration, and the Obama administration are missing an enormous opportunity to help wounded warriors, indeed every serviceman and woman returning from battle overseas. Read More »
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It's Not Just Big Blasts Damaging Veterans' Brains
William Kerby was exposed to repeated blasts when he was deployed to Iraq as a Marine infantryman. “For instance, we were setting off a charge on a door or a gate to blow it open, and there’s nowhere really to go, so you basically turn away from it within a few feet,” Kerby said. “You can feel that kind of concussion, that shockwave, as it goes through your body.”...
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