Explosions are the most common cause of traumatic brain injuries in veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. A new study shows that military personnel with mild brain trauma related to such blasts had outcomes similar ...
Jun 16, 2014
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An applied mathematician and a military doctor have developed the first simulator to test treatments for patients with blast lung injury caused by explosions.
Apr 3, 2019
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New research conducted by the University, the veterans' mental health charity Combat Stress, and East Kent NHS Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit suggests that up to three-quarters of UK military veterans who seek help for long-term ...
May 1, 2019
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Scientists have identified a distinctive pattern of injury in the brains of eight deceased military personnel who survived high explosive attacks and died between 4 days and 9 years later from their injuries or other causes.
Jun 9, 2016
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In soldiers who survive traumatic brain injury from blast exposure, pituitary dysfunction after their blast injury may be an important, under-recognized, and potentially treatable source of their symptoms, a new study finds. ...
Jun 23, 2014
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(Medical Xpress) -- During the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, blast injuries resulting from improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, and roadsides bombs took countless lives and left thousands of soldiers who managed to ...
Nov 10, 2011
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Modern military conflict has dramatically increased the number of military personnel and civilians exposed to blast wave pressure. Although traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a well-recognized consequence of extreme blast waves, ...
Jun 9, 2017
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Biomedical engineers at Johns Hopkins have developed a new liquid material that in early experiments in rats and humans shows promise in restoring damaged soft tissue relatively safely and durably. The material, a composite ...
Aug 1, 2011
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Even when brain injury is so subtle that it can only be detected by an ultra-sensitive imaging test, the injury might predispose soldiers in combat to post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a University of Rochester ...
Jun 6, 2012
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A team of investigators have shown evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in brain tissue from blast-exposed military service personnel.
May 16, 2012
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