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Archive for October 11th 2012

Army, NFL Team Up in Offensive Against Traumatic Brain Injury

Risk to Veterans Meanwhile, while recent research already has highlighted the risk of CTE for athletes, new research has been emerging about the risk it poses to troops. The U.S. Army and the NFL will work together to improve awareness about traum...

Army, NFL Team Up in Offensive Against Traumatic Brain Injury

WASHINGTON — Only days before the opening game of the NFL season, the NFL and Army announced they were teaming up to raise awareness about TBI, an injury that plagues both organizations.

Front-Line Clinicians Get Practical Advice To Help Combat Military Suicides

In a recent article in the Annals of Internal Medicine, Robert J. Ursano, MD; David M. Benedek, MD; and Charles C. Engel, MD, MPH, from USU’s Department of Psychiatry, define “trauma-informed care” as “recognizing and planning for detecting and tr...

Front-Line Clinicians Get Practical Advice To Help Combat Military Suicides

ROCHESTER, MN — With sweeping new initiatives from the White House and elsewhere in response to the burgeoning military suicide rate, little guidance has been offered to the clinicians in the trenches who are best positioned to recognize and prevent such drastic actions.

Robotic Exoskeletons Allow Paralyzed Veterans to Exercise, Reduce Sedentary Effects

Patients have demonstrated other improvements, as well. All of the patients showed increases in mobility and strength, and all five of the first five participants were self-reporting improvements in bowel function by the end of 20 sessions. The...

Robotic Exoskeletons Allow Paralyzed Veterans to Exercise, Reduce Sedentary Effects

New York  — For veterans suffering from paralysis due to a spinal-cord injury (SCI), the inability to move a significant portion of their body is the obvious, immediate concern. Over the long-term, however, the extreme sedentary lifestyle caused by paralysis can lead to many secondary medical problems that can severely impact not only the quality of but also the length of their lives.

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't

Acupuncture has been around for millennia.  Because of this long history, the language and thought processes that the ancients used to understand the effects of this medical practice can seem like so much “mumbo-jumbo.”  Admittedly, I do not have ...

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't

“There are two kinds of fools: those who can’t change their opinions and those who won’t.” – Josh Billings (1818-1885)

VA Veterans Crisis Line Increasing Capacity 50% by End of Year

New Consortia Seek to Better Understand TBI, PTSD Effects In the wake of a recent executive order to expand mental-health resources, DoD and VA are collaborating on a new initiative to address TBI and PTSD, earmarking more than $100 million t...

VA Veterans Crisis Line Increasing Capacity 50% by End of Year

WASHINGTON — In response to an executive order signed by President Barack Obama, VA will increase the capacity of its VA Veterans Crisis Line by 50% by the end of the year. It’s one of several initiatives seeking to expand suicide prevention and mental-health resources for returning veterans and troops.

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