TBI & Iraq in AmCon Mag

[Llenroc]

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I thought some of you guys might find this interesting. The American Conservative magazine has an article on Traumatic Brain Injury in Iraq War veterans.

http://www.amconmag.com/2007/2007_07_02/feature.html

 

[thewza]

Thank you for posting this. We need as much awareness as possible about what's going on over there.

 

[axm397]

I agree - TBI is getting a lot of attention both from the media/public and the military officials. I think physiatrists can play a HUGE role in asssisting the military give better care to these soldiers. I know that physiatrists from Kessler and RIC have been quoted in various news stories about post acute care for TBI patients.

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/PersonOfWeek/story?id=3332550&page=1

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/448696,CST-NWS-soldier29.article

Pretty much all the media releases coming out of RIC have been about military/civilian collaborations.
http://www.ric.org/aboutus/mediacenter/press/index.aspx

some of the stories:
http://www.ric.org/aboutus/mediacenter/press/2007/061407.aspx
http://www.ric.org/aboutus/mediacenter/press/2007/061207a.aspx
http://www.ric.org/aboutus/mediacenter/press/2007/061207b.aspx
http://www.ric.org/aboutus/mediacenter/press/2007/060407.aspx
http://www.ric.org/aboutus/mediacenter/press/2007/0528.aspx

 

[joseppi]

yeah the media is on the trail, esp in light of the VA deficiencies that were recently brought inot public. HBO recently ran a program called COMA that folllowed 4 people with TBI's who were at JFK - NJ. I am not sure if anyone else happened upon it.