Two Marines injured in combat take aim at the gold in the upcoming Warrior Games' archery competition.
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Marines Aim for Warrior Games Gold (Video)
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Navy Investigates Cause of Virginia Jet Crash (Video)
The Navy is looking into what could have caused one of its F/A-18D jets to crash Friday into a Virginia Beach apartment complex.
There were no deaths due to Friday's crash, which the Navy calling a "catastrophic failure" of the aircraft.
The F/A-18D was assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 106 at Naval Air Station Oceana, according to the Department of Defense.
The Navy is crediting "everyday citizens ...
Daily Report: San Diego Navy Contractor Fraud, Military Dating Website Hacked, Katy Perry's "Part of Me" Controvery
Seven plead guilty in Navy contracting fraud – U-T San Diego “Seven people, including four civilian contractors at the Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud, bribery and tax charges in a wide-ranging corruption probe, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.”
‘LulzSec Reborn’ claims attack on military dating site – Washington Post “The group’s first target was a dating site called ...
Do You Have a TBI? You Could Help Others Via YouTube (Video)
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. And traumatic brain injury, or TBI, is often called the "signature wound" of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Department of Defense estimates at least 200,000 troops have been diagnosed with TBI in the past decade.
Now the Centers for Disease Control is asking survivors of TBI to tell their stories in order to help others suffering from traumatic brain injuries. There ...
TBI Increases Stroke Risk Tenfold, New Study Says
Traumatic brain injury, known as the signature wound of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, increases the risk of having a stroke within three months of the injury by a factor of ten - according to a new study by Taipei Medical University in Taiwan.
This is the very first study to show a correlation between TBI and stroke risk.
Researchers found that in the three months after suffering their injury, almost ...
Brain Injury Raises Risk of Dementia in Older Vets
A new study of older American veterans finds they're more than twice as likely to develop dementia if they suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) when they were younger.
The study was headed up by Dr. Kristine Yaffe, who directs the Memory Disorders Program at the San Francisco VA Medical center. Yaffe says...
"The data suggest that TBI in older veterans may predispose them toward development of symptomatic dementia ...
Military Uses Acupuncture as Treatment for PTSD, TBI (Video)
Marines at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) are getting what some might consider a surprising medical treatment for their ailments. Armed with Science reports that doctors at Camp Leatherneck are using acupuncture to help heal wounded warriors.
According to the National Institutes of Health, acupuncture is the ancient Chinese practice of using needles to stimulate certain points ...
New San Diego VA Study Of Veterans with TBI Looking to Get Back to Work
The Veterans Affairs (VA) San Diego Healthcare System, supported by Veterans Medical Research Foundation, a private not-for-profit research corporation located on the grounds of the VA, is accepting patients for a new study that provides treatment to veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and helps get them back into the labor force.
According to a press release, the VA's study seeks to address TBI, one of the signature wounds ...
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