Traumatic brain injury

Jasmin and Wally Blair, in a screen capture from a DOD video.<br>DOD

Living with TBI: Veteran injured in Iraq in '07 is on to a second career as a teacher

Marine Corps Capt. Wally Blair suffered a traumatic brain injury about three weeks into his deployment to Iraq in September 2007 when a roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle he was riding in. Eight years passed before Blair was diagnosed with TBI and today he is thriving, even working toward a second career as a social studies teacher.

A doctor points to an MRI reading of a patient who has epilepsy.<br>MCT file photo

Study: Iraq-Afghanistan veterans who develop epilepsy more at risk of death

Veterans who develop epilepsy were 2.6 times more likely to die during a five-year span than their peers, according to a study presented at an American Epilepsy Society meeting Sunday in Houston.

In a January, 2014 file photo, a patient with mild traumatic brain injury has a brain scan done in an MRI machine at St. Louis University Hospital as part of a study of TBI in veterans. <br>Robert Cohen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS

Study tracks which part of brain is particularly vulnerable to injury

Blasts from explosives have long been known to cause mild traumatic brain injury in combat veterans, but a new study by Seattle experts sheds light on how — and where — lasting harm may occur.

Some say oxygen therapy could correct mild traumatic brain injuries; others are skeptical

A growing group of scientists and physicians say that hyperbaric treatment, which exposes patients to pure oxygen at higher-than-normal air pressure, may help in the treatment of mild traumatic brain injuries, or mTBIs.
JBLM breaks ground on $11M traumatic brain-injury center

By the time Staff Sgt. Spencer Milo arrived for treatment outside of Washington, D.C., he had suffered two traumatic brain injuries in two different wars and was taking more than a dozen different medications.
Robotic exoskeleton helps vet with brain injury walk again
UM testing goggles that can detect concussions immediately
Vet suicide prevention bill moves forward in Senate
VA reform bill saves unique pilot program for veterans with TBI
Study links veterans' traumatic brain injuries to Alzheimer's
Study: Lack of progress prompts a third of veterans with TBI, PTSD to drop out of treatment
Long-term effects of TBI similar no matter what the cause, study says
UCSF team wins $26 million grant to build brain implant

Free food and Memorial Day deals for active-duty military and veterans

While Memorial Day is for honoring military personnel who died in service, businesses across the nation are showing veterans and active-duty military personnel a little love to thank them for their service.
Navy IDs sailor who died aboard USS Arlington

Lt. Kaylie Ludwig, a medical corps officer, was found unresponsive on Monday and pronounced dead aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington, U.S. Sixth Fleet spokesman Kyle Raines said in a statement.
Marine will never get to deliver ring after four-day courtship

Kathleen Isabel Rose Bourque and Marine 1st Lt. Hugh Conor McDowell were supposed to be planning their wedding. Instead, this Memorial Day weekend, she will be at his funeral.
Trump urges Army Corps of Engineers to award border wall deal to North Dakota firm

According to administration officials, President Donald Trump has pushed to steer a wall contract to a construction firm led by a Republican donor who has frequently appeared on TV to tout a border barrier.
Fort Bliss soldier died after falling into the Rio Grande at Big Bend National Park, officials say

Pfc. Mamady Kaba, an automated logistical specialist with Charlie Company, 86th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, died May 18 at the southwest Texas park, located about 330 miles east of Fort Bliss, according to the Army.