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Whistleblower film raises fundamental questions about American rights and freedom
U.S. filmmaker Jim Spione, whose Academy Award nominated documentary Incident in New Baghdad portrayed the transformation of one infantryman after witnessing the July 2007 slayings of two Reuters journalists and a number of Iraqi civilians by U.S. combat helicopters, is
Suicide Prevention Week is opportunity to draw attention to link to TBI
September 9-15, 2012, is the 38th Annual National Suicide Prevention Week – a week dedicated to raising awareness of suicide and of World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10. In the United States, suicide is the tenth leading cause of
Prescription drug cocktails could be killing our combat veterans
Imagine dutifully serving and surviving your combat tours in the Middle East, only to return home and be killed by a prescription drug. That is apparently what is happening to hundreds of young military veterans coming back to the U.S.
US Soldier allegedly suffered from TBI before Afghan shooting spree
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) during a recent tour of war duty may have been the trigger that sent a US soldier on a bloody rampage, killing Afghan civilians including women and children.
Florida company creates first device for finding traumatic brain injury
One of the most frustrating and discouraging aspects of concussions and other forms of traumatic brain injury (TBI) is that these injuries, as serious and complex as they are, typically don’t reveal themselves to even the most advanced medical imaging
IOM report indicates more study of TBI necessary to determine effective treatment
A report released Oct. 11 by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) indicates more study with a larger focus group may be necessary to determine an effective course of treatment for people suffering from Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The study was
DePuy bribed Greek authorities for sales rights and contracts
An international division of DePuy Orthodpaedics Inc. has agreed to pay $7.9 million (£4.8 million) plus prosecution costs to settle a U.K. probe of illegal activities the company allegedly conducted in Greece. The investigation, led by the Serious Fraud Office
Loved ones may recognize TBI symptoms in veterans before doctors
Traumatic brain injury is one of the most common types of injuries for American soldiers returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but the symptoms of TBI aren’t always obvious or easily recognizable. Sometimes called the “silent injury,” TBI often
Canada’s Afghanistan troops received traumatic brain injuries at alarming rate
Traumatic brain injury has been called the “signature” injury of American troops returning home from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and now Canada is finding that its soldiers, too, suffer from TBI at an alarmingly high rate. According to
Rape victim jumps arbitration hurdle, reclaims right to trial
One would think that a woman who is gang raped by seven coworkers, then locked in a shipping container for more than 24 hours without food, water or even a bed, would be able to find justice. After all, this
