The Army is running trials on a blood test, similar to one used to test blood sugar, that could help medics on the battlefield determine if an injured soldier has a mild traumatic brain injury. Story
Rear Adm. Donald Gintzig, deputy chief of medical operations with the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, met with the top athletic trainer for the Tennessee Titans professional football team to discuss treatment for traumatic brain injury. Story
With $633 million and 472 active research projects on traumatic brain injury alone, the Army is driving the science behind this neglected public health problem that affects everyone from kids on the sports field to injured service members. Story
Over the past 20 months, the Army has been working to refine the way it tracks and treats the most common form of battlefield brain injuries -- concussion, also called mild traumatic brain injury. Story