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Study Focuses on Animal-Assisted Therapy, military.com — 09/02/2010
A study to measure the effectiveness of animal-assisted therapy using dogs is in the final stages at the Warrior Transition Battalion at Brooke Army Medical Center.
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Fayetteville filmmaker profiles troops recovering from brain trauma , Fayette County News — 09/01/2010
A young filmmaker with Fayette roots is finalizing work on a groundbreaking new documentary about four soldiers recovering from the traumatic brain injuries they sustained while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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N.J. takes suicide prevention program for veterans online to reach more in need of counseling, nj.com — 09/01/2010
From the earliest days of basic training, soldiers learn to do their jobs without complaint. Many come home from tours of duty with the same tough attitude.
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Not just TBI, "post-deployment syndrome" , Stars and Stripes — 08/31/2010
TBI is the "signature wound" of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but the science on exactly what it is and how to treat it is limited. But about 1,000 DoD and VA care providers are gathered in Washington to discuss what is known, swap best treatment practices among the services and learn about new research at the 4th annual TBI Military Training Conference.
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US soldiers returning from Iraq face 'invisible wounds', BBC News — 08/31/2010
As troops return home from 12 months of deployment, experts warn of what many refer to as "the invisible wounds."
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Care advances could boost survival rates, Army Times — 08/30/2010
New initiatives by medical leaders could reduce by nearly half the number of battlefield deaths due to hemorrhages, and enhance the identification and treatment of traumatic brain injuries.
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Medical Monday: Helping Fellow Soldiers, DoD LIve — 08/30/2010
When I returned from Iraq, I thought the scariest moments in my life would be those I survived while deployed. Boy was I wrong. It was when I found myself face-down in a mud pit, in the middle of a pigpen in State College, Penn., running from insurgents that I thought were chasing me. This was the realization for me that I hadn’t survived.
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Studies on combat related substance use and abuse to be funded by NIH and VA , NIH News — 08/27/2010
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health, is collaborating with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to award grants that will examine substance abuse related to deployment and combat related trauma.
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Military to use virtual world, avatars to help diagnose soldiers, KomoNews.com — 08/27/2010
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The Muppets' Military Mission , The Wall Street Journal — 08/26/2010
The story line may seem highly unusual for "Sesame Street," but when Elmo and friends aren't on their day job being cute, colorful and cuddly, they've taken on another mission: helping children of military families struggling with loss, grief and fear.
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Marines pour resources into mental health care, Associated Press — 08/26/2010
They have been in harm's way for years in two countries, in a branch of the military where toughness and self-reliance have been especially prized for generations. Now the Marines are struggling against an enemy that has entrenched itself over nearly a decade of war: mental illness.
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Life After the War—Helping Returning Soldiers Adjust to Civilian Life, The Epoch Times — 08/25/2010
One of the most difficult aspects of serving as a soldier can be coming home.
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Hampton Roads military helps raise awareness of depression, Daily Press.com — 08/25/2010
Navy Chief Petty Officer David Aguirre is passionate about the problem of suicide from wherever he sees it. And he has two very distinct views. As the Navy's Suicide Prevention Coordinator for the Atlantic fleet surface forces, he trains others to spot warning signs of depression and mental stress that could lead to tragedy aboard ship or on base.
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Report: Multiple wars partly to blame for more military suicides, CNN.com — 08/25/2010
A task force assigned to study why troops kill themselves spelled out what many people have suspected for a long time: that multiple deployments to multiple wars are partly to blame for the sharp increase in military suicides.
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Wounded warriors to be treated at center: National Intrepid Center of Excellence will start accepting patients in the fall , TMC News — 08/23/2010
Warriors struggling to overcome brain injury and psychological trauma have a new resource: the National Intrepid Center of Excellence in Bethesda.
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Mental Health Clinic works to help Airmen, families, Artic Warrior — 08/23/2010
Members of the 673d Medical Group Mental Health Flight have been working hard to make sure that military members and their families are taken care of.
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VA Research Finds Possible Link Between Head Trauma and Chronic Traumatic Encephalomyopathy, Business Wire — 08/20/2010
Researchers with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine have provided the first pathological evidence of a link between repeated head injuries—such as those experienced by athletes in contact sports such as boxing, football, and hockey—and a disease (chronic traumatic Encephalomyopathy) that resembles amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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Camp Yellow Ribbon in Oconomowoc caters to needs of children whose parents are deployed overseas, fox11online.com — 08/20/2010
Children of soldiers overseas can toss aside their worries and troubles and just be kids at Easter Seals' Camp Yellow Ribbon in Oconomowoc. It's a camp that caters to specific needs of kids whose parents are or have been deployed for military service.
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Concussions Linked to Condition Similar to ALS, WebMD — 08/19/2010
Repetitive head traumas and concussions, including the type sustained by many professional football players, may increase risk for developing a motor neuron disease that looks and acts a lot like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig’s disease. The disease is calledchronic traumatic encephalopathy.
