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New treatment facility helps soldier make rapid progress against TBI

Sgt. Victor Medina was of the first patients at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, the military's $65 million, state-of-the-art treatment center for TBI. His recovery has been remarkable, but most brain-injured troops won't get the same opportunity.

21:06 January 30, 2012

Medical schools to increase focus on PTSD, TBI

Medical schools will soon include more course work on post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and other common military ailments as part of a White House-led effort to prepare future physicians for the next generation of veteran patients.
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Groundbreaking research looks at how blasts injure brain

Now a professor at Harvard University, former Army Maj. Kevin Parker has published groundbreaking research describing how bomb blasts injure the brain, gathering data directly on the battlefield.
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