The job of preventing suicides one case at a time
Two Suicide Prevention Coordinators on the Gulf Coast define their job as helping those who have served and …
Tag: TBI
VA working to treat polytrauma and TBI Veterans who suffer headaches
While treatment for headaches is available at all VA medical centers, seven hospitals are specifically …
Army Veteran survives multiple medical challenges and is now inspiring other Veterans at annual VA event
Army Veteran Adam Greathouse was in a coma for two months. Today, he’s a volunteer and an Ambassador for …
Research helps Veteran-actor succeed despite TBI and related growth-hormone deficiency
Research is helping Iraq Army Veteran Lance Caver pursue his acting career as he copes with traumatic brain …
Can older Vets with TBIs benefit from mobile game apps?
A VA pilot study is looking at whether two types of video-game-like apps can help improve cognitive health …
VA’s Dr. Ann McKee recognized for her concussion research on TIME’S list of 100 Most Influential People
A board-certified neurologist and neuropathologist, Dr. Ann McKee has published more than 70 percent of the …
Can older Veterans with TBIs benefit from mobile game apps?
One VA researcher is studying on whether video-game-like apps can help improve cognitive health in older …
VA physician named to TIME’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world
TIME magazine has named Dr. Ann McKee, chief of neuropathology of the VA Boston Healthcare System, to its …
Four-legged therapist brightens day of former pilot recovering from TBI
Hercules, a 19-month old black Labrador retriever, is the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital Polytrauma …
Women Veterans team up to bring awareness to diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury
Three women Veterans and an Olympic athlete share their stories to bring awareness to the event, in …