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The US military is set to work under new guidelines when it comes to dealing with the risk of traumatic brain injuries among its personnel.

Army medical staff will soon be required to carry out mandatory examinations of service members who may have sustained concussions, as opposed to the current system of waiting for them to complain of symptoms.

The new guidelines are designed to deliver an improved treatment regime for concussion, an injury which is a significant problem for units operating in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It is hoped that early detection and treatment of traumatic brain injuries will improve the prognosis for personnel who experience them.

Meanwhile, a report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed that traumatic brain injuries account for almost one in three (30.5 per cent) injury-related deaths among the US population as a whole.

The study also found that an estimated 1.7 million fatalities, hospitalisations and emergency department visits relating to traumatic brain injury occur each year in the country.

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