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US Army Plans New Guidelines to Resolve Denials of Purple Hearts to Brain-Injured Soldiers
March 18 by Pro Publicaby T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR March 16, 2011, 6:33 p.m. Acknowledging that commanders have sometimes wrongly denied the Purple Heart to soldiers who suffered...
Scientific Review Kicks Off to Weigh Treatment for Brain-Injured Soldiers
February 09 by Pro Publicaby T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR The Institutes of Medicine kicked off its yearlong study of cognitive rehabilitation therapy on Monday, a process that will help...
MOD to strengthen links with mental health charities
February 04 by Defence IQThe MOD today pledged to work closely with Service charities to deliver the best mental healthcare for the Armed Forces. Soldier at the Army Personnel Recovery Centre in Edinburgh...
US Representative Giffords Could Receive Brain Injury Treatment Thousands of American Troops Do Not
January 28 by Pro Publicaby Marian Wang ProPublica, Jan. 26, 2011, 11:31 a.m. As Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords begins rehabilitative therapy in Houston after being shot in the head in Tucson earlier this...
American Legion Pushes For Coverage of Treatment for Troops With Brain Injuries
January 17 by Pro Publicaby T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, and Daniel Zwerdling, NPR The American Legion, the nation’s largest veterans’ organization, is calling for the Pentagon’s health pla...
Pentagon Told Congress It’s Studying Brain-Damage Therapy
December 27 by Pro PublicaLast month, the Pentagon sent a soothing letter to members of Congress worried about the treatment of soldiers who suffered brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan. The letter, previously unrep...