Government/Military
AVs: Salvation or Hazard
Getting an extra 30 minutes of sleep while you’re on the road… finishing yesterday’s homework while you’re on your way to your senior year of high school… caring for your baby while you’re breezing through the highway. All of these scenarios seemed too good to be...
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Department of Energy: Who Knew?
I think we are all aware that the Department of Energy is not who sends us our monthly power bills to keep our lights turned on. However, what exactly do they do? Earlier this month, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry addressed this during a speech to the...
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mTBI, Not So Mild for the Older Generation
Last month, Rep. Louise Slaughter (NY) fell, resulting in a trip to the hospital. “The Congresswoman is tough as nails and she will bring that same spirit to the recovery,” said her Chief of Staff at the time. A Google search of “Louise Slaughter brain trauma”...
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Tragedy Yields Action from Senate Sergeant-at-Arms
On September 11, 2001, Frank J. Larkin was working at the Secret Service's New York City headquarters in the World Trade Center. “[I was] dodging, unfortunately, folks who were jumping to their deaths, you know, witnessing that, which is something you just never...
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Update: Camps for a Cure
As reported in May 2017 as one of the West Coast facilities being built, the brain injury treatment center for military personnel near Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton will open its doors April 2 . Operating as part of the Intrepid Spirit system, this is the first such...
read moreBrain Injury Awareness Month Across the Country: Capitol Hill
Brain injury affects America as a whole, and its importance should be recognized on Capitol Hill. As part of this national recognition, on March 5, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders introduced Retired Marine Corps Sergeant John Peck to the press. Peck's story is...
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A Different Perspective: Cold War Tactics in Cuba
The news late last year that the Cuban government might have found a way to produce sonic effects that harmed the brain of over 20 embassy agents was horrifying. Now, the liberal publication, The Nation, asks if making Americans fearful of travelling to Cuba was the...
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2018 Brain Injury Awareness Month
This month, March 2018, Americans recognize Brain Injury Awareness Month. The theme for this year, through 2020, is Change Your Mind. The significance of this theme is to show the ongoing public awareness campaign to provide, “a platform for educating the general...
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Cold War Tactics in Cuba
The Associated Press has released audio of mysterious sounds that some US diplomats and their families , as well as Canadian diplomats and families, were unknowingly subjected to in Cuba before suffering a variety of neurological problems, reports various sources. ...
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Protecting the Head with Modernized Technology
“With a better understanding [of] how traumatic brain injuries occur, a Brown-led research team hopes to develop new standards for head protection and next-generation helmets,” reads a news story from Brown University. In July, the Office of Naval Research granted...
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